Labelling the SP and Congress as the "masters of terrorists" and "patrons of the mafia," Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath remarked on Tuesday that before 2017, every criminal and mafia member exploited the public and extorted money, posing a threat to the safety of daughters.
Samajwadi Party chief and candidate from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat, Akhilesh Yadav on Monday asserted that the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections are to protect the Constitution adding that the BJP will yearn for even 140 seats in this polls.
The Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency is set to witness a tough triangular fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
Taking a veiled dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, "This time Mann ki Baat won't work. They have to listen to us, 140 crore people and that of the Constitution."
Re-election has been recommended to the Election Commission at a polling booth in Aliganj village under Etah district and is part of Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency after a video of a youth casting multiple votes went viral on social media platforms.
"SP and Congress are standing out as 'Ram Vidrohis'. They denied the invitation to the Pran Pratishtha ceremony. What does this show? They paid tribute to Mafia Mukhtar Ansari for the vote bank. Their thoughts are clear. They can never stay away from appeasement politics," he said.
Uttar Pradesh's Deputy Chief Minister, Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday criticised the Samajwadi Party and Congress and labelled them as 'Ram vidrohi' for declining the invitation to the Pran Pratishtha ceremony.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav had to abruptly exit a public rally in Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday after the crowd became uncontrollable.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav were forced to cut short the public meeting in Prayagraj's Phulpur constituency as the crowd broke the barricades and reached the dais, creating a stampede-like situation.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday accused the Samajwadi Party of ending reservation in promotions for Dalit and Adivasi employees and urged people not to forgive the SP.
Reacting to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's remarks that "CBI, ED should be shut down," Former Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday asserted that "misuse" of central agencies and "dictatorship which hijacks" the system and destroys the institutions should be stopped.