Will support any secular alliance for Prez poll: Akhilesh

May 05, 2017 19:20

The Samajwadi Party is ready to support any secular alliance for the presidential poll, which is a few months away, its president Akhilesh Yadav said today.

"If there is any secular alliance (for the presidential poll), my party will support it," he told reporters at the SP headquarters in Lucknow.

His remarks came against the backdrop of Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury recently meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi to explore the possibility of fielding a joint candidate for the presidential poll, even as RJD boss Lalu Prasad talked about cobbling together a Bihar-style 'mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance).

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee too has called for a larger unity among the regional parties ahead of the presidential election. -- PTI

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