No plans to bring down UPA govt: Akhilesh
"...our party's support is there and it will continue ....UP's electorate has given SP the majority to take the state forward on the road to development. The majority has not been given to us to bring down the central government," he told PTI.
Asked whether it was the right time to go for Lok Sabha elections to help SP increase its tally in Parliament, he said there was "no need (for it) now. UP's electorate has only given us mandate for the prosperity of the state."
Amid reports that SP and BSP have not been invited for dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for UPA allies, he said, "We will go at the Prime Minister's dinner. But who will go is yet to be decided."
On
Orissa
Chief
Minister
Naveen
Patnaik's
proposed
'federal
front' to
protect
the
interests
of
states,
Akhilesh
said
it
is
difficult
for
him
to
comment
on
it
at
this
stage.
When
asked
about
his
proposed
meeting
with
CPI(M)
leader
Prakash
Karat,
he
said
it
is
a
tradition
to
meet
leaders.
"You saw that I met most of the leaders in Central Hall yesterday as I won't be able to return (to Delhi) as my responsibilities have increased in Lucknow...there are no equations to be formed, it is only a courtesy call. Do not find any political issue in these meetings," he said.
When asked whether his lack of administrative experience will create hurdles for him as his new role as CM, he said it is true that he lacked experience. "It will take some time, but my team will help me," he said.
On the role of party supremo and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh said the senior Yadav will concentrate on national politics. "He will also guide us," he said.
PTI