Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Sunday, said the Bharatiya Janata Party was one short of hitting a “century” of tickets given to candidates with criminal history.
In a tweet, the SP chief claimed that the BJP had so far fielded 99 candidates with criminal history for the upcoming assembly polls.
“Breaking news about Baba ji (Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath). BJP is just one candidate short of hitting a century of criminal candidates… So far 99 candidates with criminal history have been given tickets,” he tweeted in Hindi.
The BJP has so far declared 294 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections.
Yogi Adityanath had, on Saturday, alleged that the SP was patronising criminals, goons and mafia and termed the SP as 'dangawadi' (promoting riots), ‘tamanchawadi’ (fond of country-made pistols) and ‘pariwarwadi’ (working for family) party.
He further said, "The rule of law will remain in UP even after March 10. Do not worry! The candidate of the ‘tamanchawadi party from Kairana is threatening people. It means the heat has not calmed down yet. After March 10, the heat will cool down. Are the perpetrators of Muzaffarnagar riots and those who opened fire on Ram bhakts ruthlessly entitled to seek votes from people?"
Elections for the 403 seats of UP assembly will be held in seven phases starting February 10.
