UP Ministers Make Pakoda, Poori, Jalebi Amid Opposition's No-Jobs Charge
NDTV
UP assembly elections 2022: Allahabad's three seats - north, west and south - will see voting on Sunday in the fifth of the seven-phase elections
The BJP's Allahabad South candidate is confident the Modi government would be able to counter the opposition's criticism on unemployment this election season. Nand Gopal Gupta, the BJP MLA in the southern part of the Uttar Pradesh town where the Kumbh Mela is held, is contesting from the same seat again.
During his rounds of Prayagraj - which was formerly known as Allahabad and whose constituencies still retain the old name - the minister in the Yogi Adityanath government has been seen making tea and frying pakodas at local markets, surrounded by supporters.
"Samajwadi Party's people are the ones who are unemployed," Mr Gupta told NDTV at a crowded night rally in Prayagraj.
"When the Purvanchal Expressway was being built during their (Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav) time, it cost Rs 15,000 crore. But we made a wider, better, longer expressway with a budget that's Rs 4,500 crore less. Think about it, where would this Rs 4,500 crore have gone?" Mr Gupta said, while his supporters beat drums and cheered around him.
