Patna, May 8 -- Bihar minister Dilip Jaiswal on Friday took a swipe at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav over his visit to West Bengal and said the SP would face a similar political rout in Uttar Pradesh as Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee faced in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.

Speaking to ANI, BJP leader Jaiswal said the friendship between opposition leaders had already been formed ahead of future political developments.

"Just like people uprooted Mamata Banerjee from power in West Bengal, the same fate will befall the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh in the coming times, hence it is good that a friendship has already been formed," Jaiswal said.

Earlier, in a dramatic show of Opposition solidarity, Akhiles...