KANPUR, Sept. 7 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said India's foreign policy was "in disarray" and urged New Delhi to urgently repair relations with the United States while remaining vigilant against China.

Speaking to reporters in Kannauj, his Lok Sabha constituency, Yadav said the US remained the hub of global capital and technological progress and India could not afford strained ties. "Wealth is created there and people dream big in science, technology, economy, health and education. The relationship with such a country should never decline," he said.

He pointed to the large Indian diaspora in the US and the nearly eight lakh students who go abroad annually for higher education, stressing that bilateral trade w...