Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party would be wiped out of Uttar Pradesh in the 2022...
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party would be wiped out of Uttar Pradesh in the 2022 state Assembly elections, reported the Hindustan Times.
“There will be a change in UP in 2022, for sure,” he said at a rally in Ghazipur on the Purvanchal Expressway. “I am seeing a wave of change. I am confident that from this Ghazipur [Uttar Pradesh] to that Ghazipur [near Delhi border], BJP will be wiped out.”
Yadav also clarified his earlier statement that he would not contest the upcoming state Assembly polls. “That statement was twisted,” he told NDTV. “If the Samajwadi Party decides, then I will contest.”
On November 1, Yadav had said he will not contest any seat in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Yadav, who is an MP from the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat, has never contested an Assembly election. In 2012, when he became the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, he had taken oath as a member of the state’s Legislative Council.
Soon after the party chief’s statement, Ashish Yadav, a close aide of Akhilesh Yadav, had tweeted: “Whether or not Akhilesh Yadav will contest will be decided by the party”.
On Wednesday, Yadav alleged that the Purvanchal Expressway was incomplete. He claimed that the expressway was meant to strengthen...
