<p>After initial dilly-dallying, the JD(U) on Sunday announced its support for the SP in the Assembly polls to “prevent” the BJP from coming to power. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The announcement was made by JD(U) state unit president Suresh Niranjan Bhaiya at a press conference here. Dalit icon B R Ambedkar’s great grandson Rajratna Ambedkar was also present. <br /><br />“We have extended support to the SP to prevent the BJP from coming to power in Uttar Pradesh... Akhilesh Yadav has ensured the development of the state,” Bhaiya said. <br /><br />Rajratna also extended support to the SP, and decried BSP supremo Mayawati for “transforming Kanshiram’s mission into a commission”.<br /><br />Former Uttarakhand governor Aziz Qureshi, who also attended the press meet, said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was more “pro-Muslim” than his father and SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav.<br /></p>
<p>After initial dilly-dallying, the JD(U) on Sunday announced its support for the SP in the Assembly polls to “prevent” the BJP from coming to power. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The announcement was made by JD(U) state unit president Suresh Niranjan Bhaiya at a press conference here. Dalit icon B R Ambedkar’s great grandson Rajratna Ambedkar was also present. <br /><br />“We have extended support to the SP to prevent the BJP from coming to power in Uttar Pradesh... Akhilesh Yadav has ensured the development of the state,” Bhaiya said. <br /><br />Rajratna also extended support to the SP, and decried BSP supremo Mayawati for “transforming Kanshiram’s mission into a commission”.<br /><br />Former Uttarakhand governor Aziz Qureshi, who also attended the press meet, said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was more “pro-Muslim” than his father and SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav.<br /></p>