NEW DELHI: Few days ago, Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha which and he said that he hope he will return as the PM. Now, taking a sharp jibe on Yadav’s comment, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said that the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister had grown old.

Ms Banerjee told to  news agency PTI, "Leave it. Mulayam Singh has grown old. I respect his age. Leave him."

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This remark of West Bengal CM came after Mulayam Singh Yadav’s surprising comment in Lok Sabha on Wednesday that he hoped PM Modi became prime minister again. He said, "I want to congratulate the PM that he tried to move ahead taking everyone along. I hope all members to win and return, and you (PM Modi) become prime minister again.”

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When PM Modi delivered his last speech of the Lok Sabha before polls, he thanked Mr Yadav for his "blessings". "There is much to do. And Mulayam Singhji has given his blessings. I am very grateful to him," he said.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he disagreed with Mulayam Singh, but still respect his opinion