Mulayam takes a dig at Modi, Akhilesh meets Anandiben

Soon after landing at Ahmedabad airport, Mulayam Singh Yadav told the mediapersons that from this trip on they would begin taking dig at the Modi government. “He (Modi) had said that he will fulfil promises in six months. We remained quite for six months. But now we will speak,” said senior Yadav.

“The biggest of all promises was of giving employment to youths. But he has so far failed to do so,” he added. However, in the same breath, he also said that the PM is a hard-working person. “He (Modi) does hard work and remains among the people. But he has failed to fulfil his promises,” he said

Over the issue of the forging family ties with Lalu Prasad, former UP CM said, “It is a personal matter. It can’t be related to politics. And, earlier too, we have worked for the same party for years. I used to visit to Bihar as a colleague when he was CM.”

Replying to quaries on  forming a third front, Mulayam Singh said, “The BJP has come to power because of someone’s weakness. But the SP has not gone weak. Seats may have reduced, but our voting percentage has not gone down. We have maintained our strong position.”

He also said that the Gujarat government should come forward to help the woman from Vadodara who had put herself on sale on social networking site.

Meanwhile, UP CM Akhilesh Yadav met Anandiben Patel at her office in Gandhinagar. For the meeting that lasted for more than an hour, an official release by the Gujarat Information Department said, “UP CM Akhilesh Yadav paid a courtesy visit to the CM”.

Akhilesh Yadav, maintaining that they were in Ahmedabd for a private function, refused to make any comment.