After keeping the Congress out of his alliance with the BSP, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday attacked the party over its ¿big ego¿ and also accused it of ditching partners and threatening rivals.

"Like the BJP, the Congress too believes in threatening political opponents," he said at an election meeting here. "We had an alliance with the Congress, but found that their ego is too big," the SP president said.