Akhilesh Yadav to attend Lalu Prasad's Patna rally along with Mayawati, hints at future alliance

Mainpuri (UP): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said on Wednesday that he would attend Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s rally in Patna on 27 August and added that BSP supremo Mayawati would also be present there.

There has been speculation that arch-rivals Samajwadi Party and BSP may shed hostility and inch closer in view of the BJP’s spectacular rise in Uttar Pradesh.

“I will be present at Lalu Prasadji’s Bihar rally on 27 August and Mayawati will also be there. If there is any announcement (regarding future alliance) it will be made there,” Akhilesh said when asked about the possibility of Samajwadi Party and BSP coming together again.

However, there has not been any confirmation yet from the BSP on whether Mayawati would attend the event.

The RJD chief has invited several top Opposition leaders to his party’s mega rally in Patna.

Akhilesh was also asked about Yogi Adityanath government’s decision to get a probe conducted into the Expressway and riverfront projects launched during Samajwadi Party rule.

“Will this government do any work…or will it only conduct probes? This government should try to do better work than us,” he retorted.

Akhilesh was here to condole the death of the wife of Samajwadi Party leader and former MLC Subhash Yadav.