Lok Sabha polls: Apna Dal (K) forms PDM Nyay Morcha with Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM, exits INDIA bloc

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PDM Nyay Morcha, calling it a front to bring justice to Pichda (backwards), Dalits and Muslims. This is similar to PDA -- an acronym for Pichda, Dalit and Alpasankhyak (minorities) -- coined by the former Apna Dal (K) ally Samajwadi Party.

Pallavi Patel informed that Apna Dal (K) ceased to remain an ally of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party. She also said that her party's alliance with the SP does not exist anymore and blamed Akhilesh Yadav for the breakup.

Pallavi Patel told PTI that it was SP chief Akhilesh Yadav who said that the alliance with Apna Dal was for the 2022 Assembly elections, and not for the Lok Sabha polls. "We were invited by the Congress to be a part of the INDI alliance and they should have made it clear whether we are a part of the INDIA bloc or not? But the Congress did not take much interest," Pallavi Patel said.

Pallavi Patel along with her mother Krishna Patel, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Owaisi and leaders of other political parties held a joint press conference to announce the formation of the PDM Nyay Morcha. Pallavi Patel also indicated that Owaisi can look after the interests of Muslims better than SP chief Yadav.

"Without this (PDM) 'morcha', no government will be formed in the country," Pallavi Patel told reporters. Asked if the A in PDA was replaced with M due to Owaisi, Pallavi Patel said, "If this is the result of the company of Owaisi sahab, then what is the harm in it? The fight for social justice should be fought with transparency." "There was confusion surrounding the alphabet A as in some cases, it stood for 'aadhi aabaadi' (half the population), sometimes it was 'agrhaa' (upper caste), sometimes it stood for 'alpasankhyak' (minorities) and sometimes, it