Overview
- Akhilesh Yadav, speaking at a Lucknow media conclave on Tuesday, said the Samajwadi Party’s partnership with Congress and other allies will continue under a “victory, not seats” approach.
- Pressed on leadership, he said the opposition’s “face” will be issues people feel daily, citing inflation, fuel prices, farm distress, jobless youth, Agniveer recruits, and 69,000 Shiksha Mitras who seek permanent teacher jobs.
- On the NEET exam leak, he claimed the fallout touched about 1.1 crore people when families are counted, including roughly 4 lakh students in Uttar Pradesh and more than 20 lakh affected families nationwide.
- He accused the BJP government of stoking divisions and called it the “biggest adharmi party,” arguing that disputes like namaz on roads should be handled by law rather than used for political point‑scoring.
- He declined to spell out campaign tactics, framing the message as unity around grievances that could shape seat‑sharing talks and joint campaigning ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly race.