Describing Narendra Modi as a "180-degree prime minister", Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said the country is set to have a new PM who could be from the grand alliance his party has forged in UP with Mayawati's BSP and Ajit Singh's RLD.
He also dismissed as a "wrong statement" the reported comments made by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi that her party has fielded candidates to cut BJP's votes to provide benefit to the SP-BSP alliance.
He said the Congress leaders are saying so because "they know the alliance is winning and people are with them."
In an interview to PTI during his election campaign, Yadav said, "SP-BSP-RLD alliance is working on the ground and it is the people who are fighting the election for success of the alliance. It will win maximum seats."
Asked whether the next prime minister could be from the grand alliance, he said, "Why not?"
He said the grand alliance was required due to the prevailing situation and circumstances. "People wanted something to glue with and this alliance has given them that."
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