""Rahul and I will take the state ahead on the path of prosperity," he said at the hour-long press conference.The Congress leader said partnership between Congress and SP is an answer to BJP's divisive politics of anger. "To questions whether Priyanka Gandhi and Dimple Yadav will campaign for the alliance, Rahul said, "Priyanka (Gandhi) has been of tremendous help to me and so have I. ""Dimple is an MP, she will decide what she has to do," Akhilesh pointed out.Rahul said,"This alliance isn't opportunistic. He (Akhilesh) said something, I said something, he pretended to be angry and so did I. "Akhilesh said people of the state will respond to those who are responsible for making them stand in queues.

Source: Economic Times January 29, 2017 09:29 UTC