Hours after the camaraderie between Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav came in the public eye with their alliance, SP Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has expressed his disappointment with it. Mulayam, who had maintained silence on the matter till now said that he is not in favour of the SP-Congress alliance and he won't even campaign for the same. Mulayam added,''SP cadre has worked for 5 years but Congress took away seats.'' He said that SP is capable enough to win this election without any alliance.

Source: India Today January 29, 2017 17:35 UTC