"Akhilesh Yadav, Jayant Chaudhary Only Together Till...": Amit Shah's Attack

The BJP is trying to placate several sections including farmers and is leaving no stone unturned in its fight for Western UP seats.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is campaigning today in Western Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar. This comes a day after Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav along with his Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) ally Jayant Chaudhary launched a sharp attack against the BJP here. Mr Yadav had dismissed the BJP's poll issue of the exodus of Hindus from Kairana as well as BJP's post poll alliance offer to Jayant Chaudhary saying, "Who is accepting their invitation? Imagine what condition they are in that they are compelled to invite?" Mr Chaudhary himself had also dismissed the offer earlier saying that he is not a "chavanni" that he will flip so easily.

Today, Mr Shah, while addressing the public during a campaign programme, said, "Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhary are together only till counting. If their (SP) government is formed, then Azam Khan will sit (in their government) and Jayant Bhai will be out. Their candidates' list can say what will happen after elections." He also challenged Akhilesh Yadav saying, "Akhilesh babu is not even ashamed, yesterday he said here that the law and order situation is not good Akhilesh babu, today I have come to give our figures in a public programme, if you have the courage, declare the figures of your regime in a press conference tomorrow."

Mr Shah dismissed all other parties saying, "Earlier SP-BSP ruled here, when Behenji's (BSP Chief Mayawati) party used to come, she used to talk about one caste. When Congress party came they used to talk about family and when Akhilesh babu used to come, he used to talk about goondas, mafia and appeasement."

The Samajwadi Party and BJP leaders have been exchanging barbs. After Akhilesh Yadav yesterday claimed that his chopper was earlier halted in Delhi as part of BJP's conspiracy to prevent him from flying to Muzaffarnagar, UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya tweeted, "Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's plane failed, the campaign plan failed. The public punctured the cycle in 2014", a reference to SP's election symbol.