Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi addressed joint election meeting in Meerut on Tuesday and claimed that the alliance will sweep the State and is all set to form the next Government by winning over 300 seats in Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Both the leaders targeted the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi claiming that the wave is in favour of the coalition that will wipe out the Bahujan Samaj Party and the BJP.
Rahul speaking after Akhilesh said, “As soon as the Congress and the SP joined hands a wave has started in UP and now is sweeping the entire State which will blow away the BJP and the BSP.”
Akhilesh also targeted the PM for his SCAM jibe and said, “I wonder as to why the PM included the name of Mayawati in SCAM, as the BJP had allied thrice with the BSP and Mayawati was the Chief Minister for three times.” In his first election rally in Meerut on February 4, Prime Minister Modi had attacked the three major opponents claiming they personified loot and corruption. He had said BJP’s fight is against SCAM which stands for Samajwadi, Congress, Akhilesh, Mayawati.
Akhilesh also countered Modi’s jibe that the storm of the BJP in UP has forced the SP to seek alliance with the Congress.
“Those talking of the storm sweeping the State must be aware as in whose favour the storm is sweeping the State. The storm is for forming the Government of the SP-Congress coalition in the State. We are the Samajwadis and we know how to peddle the cycle against the current,” he said. Akhilesh said the enthusiasm among the cadre of both the parties and the youth of Meerut is clear indication that the all the candidates of the SP-Congress coalition in Meerut will win the elections. He said the storm blowing in Meerut region which goes to the first phase of polling on February 11, will end in eastern UP, which goes to poll in last phase of polling on March 8.
Rahul attacking the PM said, “Modiji comes and spreads hatred in UP. We should send a clear message from here that he cannot spread hatred in UP as the people here are united’’.
He said, “Meerut is the land of revolutionaries which fought the company raj of the east India company, this time you have to wipe out Modi , who is in the process of establishing a new `company raj’ in India.”
Polling for Assembly elections in UP will take place in seven phases beginning from February 11. The counting of votes will be done on March 11.