Akhilesh Yadav in Varanasi
He also targeted for allegedly closing 26000 schools, paper leaks, increased incidents of vandalising statues of BR Ambedkar, and influencing poll process to win through vote theft.
He took a jibe at the BJP after the party’s defeat in the Varanasi teachers’ and graduates’ MLC constituencies, saying Lord Vishwanath blessed the SP twice while handing the BJP a “double zero” in Kashi. He said that the BJP’s repeated slogans of “double-engine govt”, “double speed” and “double development” has met with a double defeat. Yadav alleged discrimination against Kashi under BJP rule and said youths would smile once the BJP was voted out.
Varanasi: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav made it clear that he will not contest the assembly elections, saying he would take oath as chief minister while remaining a Lok Sabha member if his party comes to power. Interacting with reporters at LBSI Airport, Akhilesh thanked voters for re-electing SP candidates Ashutosh Sinha and Lal Bihari Yadav. He also tried wooing Pal voters by recalling the police action against their community during the episode of alleged destruction of idols at Manikarnika Ghat. Akhilesh visited late district vice-president Rajesh Yadav’s family, met ailing former district president Satish Fauji and Rajesh Singh in Sundarpur before leaving for Lucknow.