<p>Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav today said his party's coalition with the Congress would continue in Uttar Pradesh and they would contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election together.<br /><br />"The alliance with the Congress will continue and we will contest the next election unitedly," he told reporters at Vrindavan.<br /><br />Asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that this year, Diwali was advanced by a fortnight after the relaxations announced in the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said, "Ask the trader and he would counter the claim."<br /><br />Replying to another question, he said the current BJP government in the state could not match up to the previous SP regime headed by him in terms of development.<br /><br />Yadav alleged that in spite of visiting Mathura thrice after becoming the chief minister, Yogi Adityanath had done nothing for "Brijbhumi".<br /><br />Even the "dream project" announced by the Yogi government for the development of Vrindavan had remained a "dream", he said.<br /><br />The SP leader further alleged that the Yogi government had taken no efforts to clean the Yamuna river.<br /><br />Regarding offering a respectable position to senior leader Shiv Pal Yadav in the party, he said it was a family matter which would be settled amicably.</p>
<p>Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav today said his party's coalition with the Congress would continue in Uttar Pradesh and they would contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election together.<br /><br />"The alliance with the Congress will continue and we will contest the next election unitedly," he told reporters at Vrindavan.<br /><br />Asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that this year, Diwali was advanced by a fortnight after the relaxations announced in the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said, "Ask the trader and he would counter the claim."<br /><br />Replying to another question, he said the current BJP government in the state could not match up to the previous SP regime headed by him in terms of development.<br /><br />Yadav alleged that in spite of visiting Mathura thrice after becoming the chief minister, Yogi Adityanath had done nothing for "Brijbhumi".<br /><br />Even the "dream project" announced by the Yogi government for the development of Vrindavan had remained a "dream", he said.<br /><br />The SP leader further alleged that the Yogi government had taken no efforts to clean the Yamuna river.<br /><br />Regarding offering a respectable position to senior leader Shiv Pal Yadav in the party, he said it was a family matter which would be settled amicably.</p>