Countering SP chief Mulayam Yadav’s claim on early Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on Friday told him that there was “no point creating an air of uncertainty or instability where none exists”. Virtually ridiculing the observation, Congress spokesman, Abhishek Manu Singhvi said: “There is obviously no guarantee that the sky may not fall on our heads or that Yeddyurappa will stop demanding the chief minister’s chair.” He then went on to add: “The possibility of mid-term polls is as remote as that.”

Fresh from a landslide victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday spoke of the possibility of a mid-term election next year. The Congress, however, claimed that such a possibility was “remote”.