"Sankalp Patra Is Jhoota Patra...": Akhilesh Yadav On BJP's UP Manifesto
NDTV
As part of its poll promises, the Samajwadi Party has said it will make over one crore jobs available, make electricity free for farmers, and make education for girls free
Akhilesh Yadav took on the BJP on Wednesday - hours before Uttar Pradesh begins its seven-phase Assembly election - telling NDTV the ruling outfit "should observe two minutes' silence (for failing to deliver on its promises) before commenting on those offered by his Samajwadi Party.
In his first interview since launching the party's manifesto - Vachan Patra - yesterday, Mr Yadav said the BJP "lies in the name of law and order" and countered Amit Shah's 'mafia' charge; the Union Home Minister had said criminals in UP were either in jail or on a list of Samajwadi candidates.
Mr Yadav also told NDTV the BJP would be defeated in the western districts of UP, which vote tomorrow, and from which region he expects angry farmers to boot out the ruling party.
"Announcements made by the Samajwadi Party in our manifesto were made after talking to experts... this is for the people of Uttar Pradesh. But if you see the BJP's manifesto, it is full of lies of false promises... the BJP's Sankalp Patra is actually a Jhoota Patra," Mr Yadav told NDTV.
