Polls show most Muslims siding with the ruling SamajwadiParty-Congress alliance, however.
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Local media reported the SamajwadiParty may consider withdrawing support from the government.
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But it may be able to form a coalition in UP with the SamajwadiParty.
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Ambani was elected as a member of parliament in 2004, with backing from the leftist SamajwadiParty.
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A minor scuffle ensued between members of Congress and the offending lawmaker's SamajwadiParty (SP).
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A loose government ally, the SamajwadiParty, has indicated it would vote against the government in the upper house.
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But it may be able to form a coalition in UP with the local SamajwadiParty (SP).
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The SamajwadiParty has 39 seats in parliament, compared with 59 for the communist parties.
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The truth will be out on Saturday and we are confident of our victory, said SamajwadiParty national spokesman Ghanshyam Tiwari.
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The BJP's opponents include an alliance between the Congress party and the ruling SamajwadiParty, a tie-up that caught Modi's party off guard.
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Prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh has found alternative support from the smaller regional Samajwadiparty and expects to make up the numbers easily enough.
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On Monday, stocks rose 0.5 percent, partly on news that the government has secured the support of the SamajwadiParty.
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The government won the motion with 253 votes to the opposition's 218 with the Bahujan Samaj Party and the SamajwadiParty abstaining.
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Many other small parties, such as the SamajwadiParty (SP) and Nationalist Congress Party, also fared poorly as a Modi's development-for-all pitch swept the country.