Akhilesh Yadav hinted at a coalition: The name of the party however, keeps changing

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav hinted at a coalition when he earlier said that his party can turn out to be a friend of the Congress if the country's oldest political party becomes weaker.He also said that it is the Congress's responsibility to bring parties with similar ideology under one umbrella.

When Akhilesh Yadav hinted at a coalition, it happened after a series of events. Samajwadi Party had decided to field Arjun Arya from Budhni in Madhya Pradesh state elections. Budhni is the seat from where Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan contests elections. Arjun Arya refused to contest from Budhni on a Samajwadi Party ticket saying that only Congress can defeat Bhartiya Janta Party in the region.

This probably annoyed Akhilesh who in response to reporters said "The Congress annoyed the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) the same way. If there is a Congress leader behind this (Arya's refusal), we welcome all those who want to contest on the SP ticket. I would not say that the Congress should take our candidates, but it may feel bad if I say that those not fielded by the Congress can join the SP."

Akhilesh Yadav hinted at a coalition however, when later he added "But remember one thing - when the Congress becomes weaker, the SP can prove its friend. This is the Congress's responsibility to bring parties with similar ideology under one umbrella."

Samajwadi Party has released a list of six candidates for the Madhya Pradesh state assembly polls. Elections for the two thirty member Madhya Pradesh Assembly are scheduled for November 28th.

In the ever-changing political climate however, Akhilesh Yadav hinted at a coalition with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party on October 6thwhen he said that Samajwadi Party will no longer wait for Congress to decide on the matter. "The Congress has made us wait for too long. How much longer must we wait? “He said.

"We will now consult the Gondwana Gantantra Party with which we had an alliance, and also the BSP, for the coming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh," Akhilesh Yadav told reporters.

The political climate of the country is changing so rapidly that it is becoming hard to keep a track of the political machinations. The only thing one can do as a citizen right now is try to keep up with it and vote for the one who seems will actually work as hard after elections as one is doing right now over the machinations.