Mayawati Targets Akhilesh Yadav Over "Helplessness" Ahead Of 2022 UP Elections

UP Assembly Elections 2022: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has ruled out an alliance with any major political party in the 2022 assembly polls and has openly said his party will go with smaller parties.

BSP chief Mayawati on Friday said the Samajwadi Party's decision to contest the next Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections with the help of smaller parties reflects its "helplessness" as major parties have been avoiding it due to their "bitter" experience. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has ruled out an alliance with any major political party in the 2022 assembly polls and has openly said his party will go with smaller parties. Taking a swipe at the Samajwadi Party, Mayawati said in a tweet in Hindi that, "In view of the bitter experiences with the Samajwadi Party due to its very selfish, narrow and especially anti-Dalit thinking and working style, all prominent and major parties avoid it (SP). This is well known".