NAIDU: U.P. CM ADMITS PACT ‘UNETHICAL’

New Delhi: Union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Wednesday said UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has acknowledged that the tieup with Congress is an “opportunistic” one. “Yadav’s comments show that he has admitted to SP becoming weak due to family feud. I appreciate his confession. He has acknowledged that it is an opportunistic alliance, that too for family reasons but not in public interest,” Mr Naidu told reporters. Mr Yadav, in an interview to an English daily, had said that the alliance with Congress was a product of “a particular time and circumstances” and may not have happened had the family feud within the Samajwadi Party not broken out. “SP has formed alliance with Congress neither on the basis of ideology nor in the interest of the state but to cover up its weakness caused by internal fighting,” Mr Naidu said. He also hit out at Lalu Prasad Yadav for his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the language used by the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader was not appropriate.