Lucknow: The 16-member Congress Party on August 27 extended support to Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav in forming an alternative government in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Jagdambika Pal and Congress legislature party leader Pramod Tewari met Governor Vishnu Kant Shastri and handed over a letter to him extending support of its 16 MLAs to Yadav in government formation.

PTI