Indian Minister Slams Samajwadi Party Leader Akhilesh Yadav Over Election Promise

Minister of State for Minority Welfare Danish Azad Ansari hit out at the Samajwadi Party and its national president Akhilesh Yadav. During a media interaction at the PWD guest house on Tuesday evening, he described Akhilesh Yadav's claim of giving ghee and oil along with ration if voted to power in 2027 as a hoax. He said that the SP is not going to come to power and Akhilesh Yadav also knows this. The minister said that the tallest leaders of the party, which has claimed to form the government in 2027, are themselves withdrawing from contesting elections. According to him, Akhilesh Yadav knows that the SP government is not going to be formed. He claimed that the SP has not won any election since Akhilesh Yadav took over the reins of the party. Danish Azad Ansari also claimed the party's defeat in the 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2022 elections. He said that the credit for victory in any election does not lie with Akhilesh Yadav.