"Love Jihad", "Cow Terror" Won't Work In UP Polls: Rashtriya Lok Dal Boss

"Love jihad, cow terror, Kairana exodus and other useless artificial issues will be rejected; healthcare, education and balanced development will win (in the polls)," Jayant Chaudhary asserted.

Asserting that the BJP's alleged "apathy" towards protesting farmers will hurt it in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary on Sunday said "artificial issues" such as "love jihad" and "cow terror" will not work as issues of development will win in the elections. "Love jihad, cow terror, Kairana exodus and other useless artificial issues will be rejected; healthcare, education and balanced development will win (in the polls)," he asserted. The Opposition in UP has been alleging that cow vigilante violence is on the rise in the state, a charge denied by the BJP. As the focus shifts from the West Bengal polls earlier this year to the high-stakes election battle in Uttar Pradesh in 2022, newly-appointed RLD chief Chaudhary asserted that his party will not allow a communally polarised campaign to ruin the state in the run up to the assembly polls.