Prashant Kishor meeting Mulayam was surprising: Sheila Dikshit

Will there be an alliance in Uttar Pradesh too? Dikshit replied: "It's not that there is no question. At the moment, it is not there. There is talk about it, but I think it is more in the news. Let's see what happens." Senior leaders from the erstwhile Janata Parivar on Saturday called for unity at an event in Lucknow to mark 25 years of the Samajwadi Party. It was led by former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda. Others present included former JD-U President Sharad Yadav, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad. Dikshit said as of now no one from the Samajwadi Party had approached the Congress to discuss a possible alliance. "Except that (Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister) Akhilesh (Yadav) did say that he has a lot of warmth for Rahul Gandhi, I don't think anything else (sent feelers from SP). Personally, if something has happened, I won't be able to tell," Dikshit told news agency in an interview. But she admitted that the current turmoil in the Samajwadi Party had tarnished the party's image.