Lucknow, June 27 -- : Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said his party would help strengthen Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav in the Bihar assembly polls that are due later this year.

"We will help strengthen Tejashwi Yadav and will be seen standing with RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav," former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said to media persons after celebrating Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj's birth anniversary at SP headquarters here on Thursday.

Yadav said his party has resolved to follow the path shown by Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, Dr BR Ambedkar, Ram Manohar Lohia and Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Akhilesh Yadav confirmed that he spoke to Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tej Pra...