After its alliance with the Maharashtra's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) failed, the Samajwadi Party (SP) is now eager to join hands with Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led front for the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. The SP, which has just one seat in the state assembly and in order to formalise the alliance, is insisting the Congress party for at least three assembly constituencies, of which two are in Mumbai.
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Since the SP has a stronghold among the Muslim community more aggressive than the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) led by the Owaisi brothers, is eager to make its presence felt in Mumbai and the surrounding areas, where the Muslim community has significant numbers. In Maharashtra, during the Lok Sabha elections, the SP and BSP, had replicated their short-lived alliance in Uttar Pradesh, but could not make their presence felt