"He is working to weaken the Congress. He will keep the UPA on tenterhooks and try to get financial help from the central government for UP," Hasan added.
A case in point is the change in the former Uttar Pradeesh chief minister's anti-Congress stance came on a day when Finance Minister P. Chidambaram praised his son and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow and assured him of financial help to develop the state.
Mulayam Singh termed the Congress "a party of cheats and cleaver leaders" but quickly toned down his rhetoric saying he won't pull the rug from under the UPA but kept the pressure on by reiterating the next general elections would be held earlier than scheduled.
He also said he was supporting the UPA to keep communal forces (read BJP) at bay and said the SP was the only party which cared for Muslims after the demolition of the Babri mosque in 1992.
