PM vs Akhilesh Yadav On UP Businessman Who Hid Rs 200 Crore Cash At Home

PM Modi also said "previous governments" in Uttar Pradesh used to think they had "won a lottery to loot the state for five years".

A Kanpur businessman who had hidden 200 crores inside his home starred in political wrangling today ahead of the Uttar Pradesh election as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah took sharp digs at Akhilesh Yadav and the Samajwadi Party chief clapped back.

PM Modi linked jailed perfume trader Piyush Jain to the Samajwadi Party and, at the same time, mocked Akhilesh Yadav for often complaining that the BJP is taking credit for his work.

"Boxes filled with notes have come out. I was thinking they (Samajwadi Party) will say that this was also done by us. The people of Kanpur understand business and trade well. Before 2017, the perfume of corruption that they had sprinkled all over Uttar Pradesh is there for everyone to see," the Prime Minister said at the inauguration of a metro rail project in Kanpur.

"But now, they are sitting with their mouths shut. They are not coming forward to take credit for the mountain of currency notes seen by the entire country. This is their achievement and their reality. The people of Uttar Pradesh are watching and they understand everything. They are with those who are working to take the state forward," he said.