Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday (May 8, 2026) threw his weight behind the TMC and DMK, which faced rout in the Assembly polls, and took a jibe at the Congress, saying "we are not the ones who leave during difficult times".
The Congress has parted ways with its ally DMK and extended support to Vijay's TVK in Tamil Nadu.
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Mr. Yadav also posted on X photographs of his meeting with Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata and with DMK chief M.K. Stalin.
"We are not the ones who leave [you] during the difficult times," he said.
