Akhilesh Yadav attacks Congress for leaving lone SP MLA out of MP cabinet

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Wednesday, attacked the Congress party for not including sole legislator in Madhya Pradesh in the cabinet despite its support in formation of the government and attaining the majority mark.

Talking to the media, the former UP Chief Minister said that by doing so, the Congress had "cleared the path for UP".

On the other hand, Mayawati, the Bahujan Samaj party (BSP) supremo and a prospective partner in the "Maha Gathbandhan" has already given enough hints of acting tough on the Congress.

Miffed with the Congress, the BSP chief had, soon after extending support to the Congress in MP, said that people had with heavy heart voted for the Congress and that she was extending support only to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at bay.

He also welcomed the move of K. Chandrashekhar Rao, the Telangana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for trying to stitch together a non-Congress, non-BJP front and said that they were scheduled to meet recently but this meeting could not happen as he was not available. He said he will soon go and meet Rao in Telangana and discuss the political scenario.