Samajwadi Party, Congress alliance can win over 300 seats in Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh Yadav

Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi today, Akhilesh said such an alliance can win "over 300 of 403 seats" in India's most crucial state election.

The Samajwadi Party is not averse to an alliance with the Congress in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said today.

Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi today, Akhilesh said such an alliance can win "over 300 of 403 seats" in India's most crucial state election.

This is not the first time the 43-year-old leader has admitted that the alliance with Congress in the state is possible.

Last week, speaking to reporters outside Parliament, he had said, ""We are going to win the elections on our own, but if an alliance (with Congress) takes place, the Opposition parties will face a humiliating defeat."

If the two parties form an alliance, their main rivals are the BJP and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party.

However, he added that any decision regarding a possible alliance will be taken only by "Netaji" -- Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Akhilesh was asked whether the Samajwadi Party will go for an alliance with the Congress, as its strategist Prashant Kishor has been trying to work out.