Lucknow, May 6 -- A day after Samajwadi Party (SP) national vice-president Kiranmoy Nanda credited the Trinamool Congress's (TMC) defeat to corruption and misgovernance, Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya immediately seized on the statement, saying that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav should wait for his 2027 defeat, which he predicted would be worse than those of Tejashwi Yadav and Mamata Banerjee.

Reacting to Nanda's statement in Lucknow on Tuesday, Keshav Prasad Maurya said, "If he is telling the truth, it is a good thing. He should also tell Akhilesh Yadav that the blooming of the lotus symbolises good governance and development. He (Akhilesh), on the other hand, sees it as a black day. He should wait for his defeat in ...