Kanpur, June 18 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has claimed that several MPs of the Samajwadi Party (SP) are "ready to break away", asserting that the ruling party is "not willing to create a split" in the Opposition party.

The Deputy Chief Minister criticised the SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and asserted that his cycle will not be able to lead the Samajwadi Party, and it will never make it to the corridors of power.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Keshav Maurya said, "25-26 MPs of the Samajwadi Party are ready to break away, but we are not breaking them away at all. We know that they will themselves break away from the party..."

Maurya's remarks come after the political temperature in Uttar Pradesh rose shar...