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After ‘SCAM’, BJP coins ‘KASAB’ acronym for Cong, SP and BSP

- OUR CORRESPOND­ENT

CHAURI CHAURA (GORAKHPUR): BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday dubbed Congress, SP and BSP as “KASAB”, adding yet another acronym in the Uttar Pradesh poll campaign, and said developmen­t will elude the state till “Kasab is laid to rest”.

Elaboratin­g on the acronym at an election meeting here, he said, “Ye Uttar Pradesh ki janata is baar ke chunav mein is Kasab se mukti paa le. Main phir se bolta hu Uttar Pradesh ki janata is baar ke chunav mein is Kasab se mukti paa le. Kasab se mera matlab kuch aur mat nikaliyega. Kasab se mera matlab hai- KA se Congress, SA se Samajwadi Party aur B se BSP.” (In this election, people of UP should get rid of Kasab.

I say it again, people of UP should get rid of Kasab. Do not take any other meaning when I say Kasab. What I mean by KASAB is -- KA for Congress, SA for Samajwadi Party and B for BSP.) Shah made these comments while seeking to draw a parallel between the rival parties and the Mumbai attack perpetrato­r Ajmal Kasab.

“Until and unless Kasab is laid to rest, developmen­t and prosperity will continue to elude the poll-bound state. “In other words, it means that the state may have to languish further, if there is no respite from these political parties,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has coined ‘SCAM’ for SP, Congress, Akhilesh and Mayawati, and dubbed BSP as ‘Behenji Sampatti Party’. BSP supremo Mayawati has described BJP as ‘Bhartiya Jumla (rhetoric) Party’ and punned with Modi’s initials saying they stood for “Mr Negative Dalit Man.”

 ??  ?? BJP president Amit Shah at a rally in Azamgarh on Wednesday
BJP president Amit Shah at a rally in Azamgarh on Wednesday

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