UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya criticised SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, saying, "In 2027, the public will make 'Samajwadi Party' a 'Samaptwadi Party'." He further said that whether SP contests alone or with the I.N.D.I.A bloc, it will lose, "as BJP's lotus has bloomed". His remarks followed CM Yogi Adityanath's criticism of the opposition's caste-driven politics instead of national welfare.