Ajit Singh's RLD and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) have been holding hectic parleys following the formation of an Akhilesh-Rahul alliance that has cast them by the roadside to contest the UP elections on their own. The RLD chief is learnt to be in touch with a dozen-odd small outfits representing different caste groups in the state. He had a long discussion on forming an alliance with JD(U) leaders Sharad Yadav and K C Tyagi in the national capital on Saturday and is also learnt to have broached the subject with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has addressed a number of meetings in Uttar Pradesh in the past three months. Tyagi and Yadav dashed to Patna on Sunday and indications are that Nitish will unveil the party's plans for Uttar Pradesh among other political issues at JD(U)'s core group meeting on Monday.