AKHILESH SAYS NOT INVITED TO YATRA

Taking a dig at the BJP, Samajwadi Party chief claimed nobody wants to fight a losing battle by accepting a ruling party ticket.

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With the Opposition bloc--INDIA--teetering on the brink of collapse amid rising dissidence and differences over seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav introduced a fresh sour note claiming that he had not yet been extended an invitation to join the Congress's ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra'.

The Yatra, led by Congress MP and former national president Rahul Gandhi, is currently in its Jharkhand leg and will head further west before culminating in Mumbai.

While the Congress is piloting efforts to take the INDIA bloc forward following the return of key ally, the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) to the BJP-led NDA, two key partners--the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-have already ruled out allying with the grand old party in West Bengal and Punjab in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.