Rahul, Akhilesh “partners in flop alliance”: BJP
LUCKNOW: Deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya, Brajesh Pathak and UP BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary described Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav as “partners in a flop alliance”, saying that people of the state would reject them just as they did in 2017.
Back in 2017 too, SP-Congress had teamed up in the UP elections but failed to stop the BJP from coming to power in UP.
“We all saw how in 2017, too, the same ‘flop’ alliance had come together and made tall claims. What happened? In 2019, they tried another alliance and that too flopped. People know that
the latest alliance too is a sham for vested interests,” said deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya.
“In villages, people often mistake leaders of INDI alliance as ‘bhindi alliance’,” deputy CM Brajesh Pathak said while mocking at the opposition alliance.
“They have tried to fix a number of seats that we would win in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, but I would be surprised if the opposition alliance wins more than 50 seats across the country,” UP BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary said.
“Aware of their fate at the hustings, leaders of parties that are part of the alliance have also been making objectionable remarks against devotees turning up to visit the Ram temple. People will never forgive or forget the misdeeds of these leaders,” the BJP leaders said.
Targeting SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, BJP spokesman Harish Srivastava said: “Akhilesh ji is getting desperate at the prospect of staring at a certain loss in Mainpuri and it is showing in his utterances.” The BJP spokesman was referring to the ‘goonda (criminal)’ jibe hurled at deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya by Akhilesh Yadav recently.