INDIA bloc in ICU but voters not ready to give them oxygen: UP Dy CM Maurya

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 30 (ANI): Exuding confidence in BJP and its allies getting more than 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday took a swipe at the Opposition INDIA bloc saying that they are in ICU and people are not ready to give them oxygen.
"The Opposition is nowhere in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. They are lying in the ICU and the public is not ready to give them oxygen. There is only one slogan in the entire country, that is, 'Abki Baar, 400 Paar' and once again the Modi government with a huge majority is going to be formed in the country," Maurya said.
He said that parties in the INDIA bloc are worried about the prospect of the BJP government again coming to power at the Centre and that they are frustrated with it.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath declared on Tuesday that the people of the nation would not accept the Congress, Samajwadi Party, and INDIA bloc agenda to grant reservation to a specific religious group, thereby jeopardizing the constitutional framework and encroaching upon the reservation meant for backward and scheduled castes.
Interacting with the media at the Gorakhnath temple complex, the Chief Minister underscored, "The Bharatiya Janata Party staunchly opposes any form of reservation based on religion because the common people have suffered the brunt of partition of India on the basis of religion. The BJP firmly supports reservation benefits for SC-ST and OBC communities."
He remarked that the history of the Congress, Samajwadi Party, and their associates within the INDIA bloc is well-known to all.
"The Congress has a track record of undermining Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar's Constitution. Since its adoption in 1950, Congress persistently attempted to manipulate the Constitution for its own ends, often disregarding fundamental freedoms such as freedom of expression. Governance is meant for the people, and public sentiments ought to be honoured, a principle the Congress failed to grasp," CM Yogi said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath highlighted that the populace hasn't forgotten the Emergency period, and the incident of 'strangulating the Constitution of the country'.
"Along with this, the people of the country also remember the sins that Congress committed during the UPA government. Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party were allies of Congress in the UPA government at that time," he added. (ANI)