Akhilesh Yadav’s remarks about the Congress being integral to an anti-BJP alliance shows a subtle shift in strategy. Is it the Priyanka effect?
On February 11, after the grand roadshow in Lucknow that marked Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s official entry into politics as Congress general secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, brother and party president Rahul Gandhi issued a directive to Congress workers not to target the Samajwadi Party (SP) during the Lok Sabha campaign. Hours later, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, attending a wedding reception in Firozabad district, sounded elated at the ‘success’ of Priyanka’s roadshow. “It’s good that parties fighting against the BJP are getting a good response. It is even better that the Congress is taking out this campaign,” Akhilesh said, significantly adding that the Congress was part of the grand alliance of the SP, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and smaller parties.
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