Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday kept the doors open for an alliance with the Congress for next year’s assembly polls, saying the two parties together can win more than 300 seats. The 43-year-old chief minister also took a dig at “uncle” Amar Singh, saying if he was the party chief he would recommend removal the controversial leader from SP. At the same time, the UP chief minister added cryptically: “Who brought PK to Netaji? The alliance collapsed ahead of the Bihar assembly polls in 2015 when Mulayam walked out citing differences over seat sharing. He denied any impact on his functioning as chief minister because of alleged interference from “chacha” (Shivpal) and “uncle” (Amar Singh).

Source: Hindustan Times December 02, 2016 13:07 UTC