Akhilesh hints at Opposition alliance in UP, doesn't comment about Congress

Akhilesh Yadav this week criticised the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh for not making the lone SP lone legislator in the state a minister.

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Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati skipped the swearing-in ceremony of Kamal Nath in MP. Photo: PTI

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow

Last Updated : Dec 30 2018 | 5:25 PM IST

Former chief minister Yadav on Sunday indicated his Samajwadi Party (SP) might form an alliance with Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections but didn’t comment if the Congress will have a role.

"In UP, there will be sangam (confluence) of people and sangam of thoughts, and very soon it will be in front of you," news agency PTI quoted Yadav as saying in Lucknow.

"I said that there will be sangam of people and thoughts. All answers are included in this," he told reporters who asked him about the Congress.

Yadav this week criticised the Congress government in Madhya