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rath Yatras and battle of nerves as politics

grips Uttar Pradesh ahead of 2022 elections

SP president Akhilesh Yadav says the way Bharatiya Janata Party changes the names of places,

the people of the state will very soon change the government

OuR BuREAu are going to change their govern-
ment. Youth, farmers and business-
Lucknow
men in Uttar Pardesh have decided
he election fever has Uttar to get rid of the Yogi government.
Pradesh in its grip with differ- Farmers in Uttar Pradesh are going
Tent political parties holding to benefit if Samajwadi Party comes
rallies and high-octane rath yatras. in power.” Yadav said that Uttar
All the major and small parties of the Pradesh is the state where there is
state are busy with their election cam- the greatest number of cases of crime
paigns and strategies. Samajwadi Par- against women in the country.
ty (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and his “If any government has received
allies will visit Banda to hold a rath the highest number of notices in the
yatra. fake encounter, then it is the Uttar
Interestingly, Banda will witness Pradesh government,” he added.
the landing of two helicopters. First, Akhilesh Yadav on Friday hit out
Akhilesh Yadav will be landing at the at the Bharatiya Janata Party govern-
police lines to participate in the Sam- ment in the state and said they are
ajwadi Vijay Rath Yatra. Keshav Dev Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav greets his supporters during the Samajwadi Vijay inaugurating the development works
Maurya of Mahan Dal and Krishna Rath Yatra ahead of the uttar Pradesh assembly elections, in Jhansi on Friday. (ANI) initiated during his tenure.
Patel of Apna Dal will also land there Addressing a rally in Jhansi’s
in a helicopter. Starting from Banda, Chirgaon during the Vijay Rath Ya-
the fifth phase of Vijay Rath Yatra tra, Yadav said, “There is only one
will pass through Mahoba and Lalit- development for them, changing the
pur and will end at Jhansi. name and color. Wherever they go,
On the other hand, Congress is they change the name. They are pub-
taking out Pratigya Rath Yatra for lishing the picture of China’s airport
the Uttar Pradesh assembly elec- as their own airport, they showed
tions. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) the picture of America’s factory and
has also announced rath yatras. BJP showed the picture of flyover made
senior leaders including Chief Minis- in Bengal, and they are inaugurating
ter Yogi Adityantah are going to lead the projects initiated by us.” The SP
the major rath yatras in all six regions chief also alleged that the land of the
of the state. farmers would have been snatched
Previously, in the 2017 Assem- if the farmers had not protested
bly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the against the three farm laws that the
BJP bagged 312 seats out of the 403 Parliament repealed in the ongoing
while SP bagged 47 seats, Bahujan Winter Session.
Samajwadi Party (BSP) won 19 and “When the farmers protested,
Congress could manage to win only then the BJP government repealed
seven seats. Further, Rashtriya Lok uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath felicitates union Home Minister Amit Shah during the farm laws. If these laws had been
Dal (RLD) and Nishad Party each the foundation stone laying ceremony of Maa Shakumbhari university at Punwarka village in implemented, only a few things have
won one seat, Apna Dal bagged nine Saharanpur on Thursday. (ANI) been snatched now, they would have
and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party snatched your land as well, and you
(SBSP) managed to win four seats would have been a laborer on your
and independent candidates won assembly election. Nishad Party is Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh own land. This is the reality of the
three seats. also in the fray with BJP this time. government, Samajwadi Party (SP) three farm laws,” he said.
But this time the equation has Notably, RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary is president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday The SP chief also slammed
changed. In the last election, SBSP in touch with Akhilesh Yadav. Mean- said the way Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gov-
had contested with BJP but now it while, BSP is working hard within (BJP) changes the names of places, ernment for the Lakhimpur Kheri
is contesting with Akhilesh Yadav’s from the booth level to the party or- people of the state will very soon incident in which four farmers had
SP. In 2017, there was an alliance be- ganization. It has started caste con- change the government. allegedly lost their lives. He said this
tween Congress and SP, but this time ventions and public meetings. Addressing a public meeting, the had only happened earlier in the
both the parties are making their Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh SP chief said, “Yogi government has British rule and the people of Jhansi
separate paths. are slated for early next year. only changed the names of places. would defeat the BJP in the upcom-
Apna Dal is still with BJP in this Attacking the Chief Minister Very soon people in Uttar Pradesh ing election.

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