LUCKNOW, May 10 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday questioned the relevance of the cabinet expansion with only nine months left in the BJP government's current term in Uttar Pradesh. He termed the regime "corrupt" and alleged that it had nothing to offer in its final months.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the SP chief said, "If the BJP government achieved nothing for the people of the state in the last nine years, what do these ministers expect to accomplish in the remaining nine months?"

He alleged that the BJP government had "shattered all previous records" by pushing corruption, inflation, and unemployment to unprecedented levels. "These new ministers will do exactly the same," Yadav said.

The Kannauj MP claimed...