Sheila Dikshit says Akhilesh Yadav ‘better CM candidate’, happy to step aside

In a surprise confession to news channel NDTV, Congress party’s chief ministerial candidate Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav would make a better CM candidate than her. The 78-year-old Congress leader also added that she would "be happy" to make way for Akhilesh, who is nearly 30 years her junior. "Akhilesh Yadav is a much better Chief Ministerial candidate than me," she told NDTV. Congress leaders in Uttar Pradesh are in favour of a pre-poll pact, despite the party high command likening the infighting within the Samajwadi Party to a 90s soap opera.