Akhilesh Yadav slams Congress,talks tough on INDIA bloc

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav took a tough stand against the Congress, asking it to clarify whether the opposition parties’ alliance was at the national or state level and accused of "fooling" other parties and hinting that had they known the alliance doesn't work on state level, they would not have been so open to the INDIA bloc. "Will think about alliance for the Lok Sabha polls," said Yadav.The Congress and Samajwadi Party -- allies at the national level -- have ended up fielding candidates against each other on 18 seats on Madhya Pradesh. 
The Congress had released the first list of 144 candidates on the first day of Navratri. The Samajwadi Party released the names of its nine candidates, where there was an overlap on five seats. Last evening, the SP announced another 22 candidates, of whom 13 were pitted against the Congress from various seats. Had I known that there is no alliance on state level, I would not have send SP leaders to Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh," Yadav added. Meanwhile, Kamal Nath on Wednesday, said talks are still on with the SP regarding the state-level alliance. There were also "practical glitches", he said. "Our candidates aren't ready to fight on the SP poll symbol, even if the SP says it is ready to field our candidates on its symbol. In such a situation, what shall we do? These are practical aspects on the ground," he said.