Durga fallout? SP rules out support to UPA's food bill

A day after Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter in favour of suspended IAS officer Durga Nagpal, the SP on Sunday said it will not support the UPA's food bill.

NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Party has played down Sonia Gandhi's letter on suspended IAS officer Durga Nagpal and has hit out at the UPA govt for pursuing wrong policies.

Speaking to Times Now, SP leader Naresh Agarwal said such letters are of no importance.

But what should worry the congress is the SP threat on the food security bill.

The SP leader ruled out support to the govt's ambitious food bill in its present form.

"If needed, we will vote against the bill," Naresh Agarwal said.

He, however, ruled out that the party's stand on the food bill had anything to do with the letter issue.

The Samajwadi Party has bailed out the government on several occasions in the past.