The Congress party denied any impact on alliance between Congress and Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh following the joining of SP by former Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader and two time state chief minister, Kalyan Singh. However, some Congress leaders expressed reservation on Kalyan Singh factor due to his involvement in demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992.

The Congress in-charge of Uttar Pradesh affairs and party's general secretary Digvijay Singh said, "If Mr. Kalyan Singh now feels sorry for the Babri demolition and repents, and if this alignment leads to weakening the BJP, we won't have concerns."

He denied any impact on secular credential of party following the development and said, "Though it's a historical fact that the Babri Masjid was demolished in his (Kalyan Singh) time, now if the Samajwadi Party gives ticket to him or his son (Rajvir Singh), it is between them."

Mr. Singh said that party has sorted out seat division formula with SP for reasonable alliance with the party. He also expressed satisfaction over the performance of Manmohan Singh led UPA government and said, "We have our prime minister (Manmohan Singh) with a very good performance record."