From correspondents in India, 04:30 PM IST

Two days ago former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala made a prediction before fatigued journalists - wilting from a scorching sun and endless hours of waiting for the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) meeting to end.

Chautala had declared the UNPA would come to power at the centre after the nuclear deal crisis was over.

Few scribes were convinced, though the former chief minister of Haryana looked every bit as earnest as a sincere schoolboy.

That was two days ago.

In keeping with the rash about-turns and the startlingly contradictory statements that are following one after another, Chautala Saturday afternoon, blamed the Samajwadi Party for ruining the UNPA.

Instead of moving up the power ladder the UNPA was hurtling towards wilderness, he now predicted.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)