Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, on Monday, said the Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls were a fight between those who believe in Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and those who believe in “Baba”, alluding to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
“This is a fight between those who believe in Babasaheb and those who believe in ‘Baba’. On one side are those who make and protect the Constitution; on the other side are those who destroy it,” Akhilesh Yadav said in a post on X in Hindi.
“So far, the Constitution has protected the PDA; now the PDA will protect the Constitution! Proclaim Unity. Jai Samvidhan, Jai PDA!,” he added.
Before the Lok Sabha elections, the SP chief had coined the acronym PDA — Pichhde, Dalit, Alpsankhyak (Backwards, Dalit and Minorities).
In Uttar Pradesh, nine assembly seats are going to polls on November 20 — Katehari (Ambedkar Nagar), Karhal (Mainpuri), Meerapur (Muzaffarnagar), Ghaziabad, Majhawan (Mirzapur), Sisamau (Kanpur Nagar), Khair (Aligarh), Phulpur (Prayagraj) and Kundarki (Moradabad).
