Akhilesh Yadav urges Nitish Kumar to reconsider support to BJP-led govt

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav on Friday urged Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to reconsider Janata Dal (United) or JD(U)’s support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre, citing the alleged insult to socialist leader Jai Prakash Narayan (JP) on his birth anniversary.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow. (HT PHOTO)

The comment came after police prevented Yadav from visiting the Jai Prakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) in Lucknow to pay tribute to Narayan. Yadav later garlanded a statue of Narayan outside his residence in the presence of a large gathering of SP workers.

Yadav slammed the BJP government, saying it was hiding something, which is why he was stopped from visiting JPNIC. “It is a conspiracy to sell the world-class building.” He added that JPNIC was opened to the public but the work on it remains incomplete. “I have heard they even paid an additional ₹70 crore to their preferred builder, yet the work remains incomplete.”