Bhim Army's Chandrashekhar Azad Says Will Fight Yogi Adityanath In Polls

Chandrashekhar Azad to NDTV: Dalit leader Chandrashekhar Azad has declared that he will contest against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Dalit leader Chandrashekhar Azad has declared that he will contest against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the state election next year. The 34-year-old had in 2019 taken a u-turn after announcing that he would fight Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi.

"I decided to contest against the PM but did not as I had no party at the time. Mayawati (chief of Bahujan Samaj Party) told me it was best that I support her candidate instead of dividing the opposition votes," Chandrashekhar Azad, aka "Ravan", told NDTV in an interview.

This time, he said, he has an outfit-the Azad Samaj Party.

"It is not important for me to win a place in the UP assembly. It is important for me that Yogi Adityanath should not get to be in the assembly. So I will contest wherever he is contesting," Azad said.