“Would not have trusted Congress….,” Akhilesh Yadav on seat-sharing for MP election

Oct 20, 2023

Sitapur (UP), Oct 19 (ANI): Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on October 19 lashed out at Congress for not sharing seats for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections and said that he would not have trusted the Congress if he had known that Congress leaders would betray them. “The state chief has no authority. He was not there in the meeting held at Patna, Mumbai. What does he know about the INDIA alliance?...These people from Congress are involved with the BJP. If I had known that the alliance is not on the state level then I would not have sent SP leaders to Digvijaya Singh...I would not have trusted them if I had known that people from Congress would betray us...,” said Akhilesh Yadav. Notably, Samajwadi Party has released its second list of candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly polls on October 18. The party has declared the names of a total of 22 candidates in the second list.