SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is confident of winning 300 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. In an exclusive interview with AajTak, the former CM said that his alliance will form the next government in the state.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav during a public meeting for the ongoing UP Assembly polls, in Varanasi district on Thursday (PTI Photo)
With the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election in the last leg, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday claimed that his party was forming the next government in the state. Speaking to AajTak a few hours before the voting in the final phase of the Assembly poll closes on Monday, the former CM said that he was confident that the SP-led alliance would win with a full majority.
“I am sure that the SP-led alliance will win 300 seats,” Akhilesh Yadav said. The 403-seat assembly went to the polls in seven phases between February 10 and March 7. The voting for the final phase will end at 6 PM. Exit polls will be announced shortly after that. India Today – Axis My India Exit for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election will also be announced after the voting closes for the day. You can follow the live updates on the UP exit poll here.
In his interview, Akhilesh Yadav said that the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party has been wiped out of eastern Uttar Pradesh by the voters during the last phase of voting.
“Each and every BJP leader lied during campaigning. There is no other party which might have lied at this scale,” he claimed.
The former chief minister claimed that people kept fundamental requirements, like unemployment and poverty, ahead while voting.
“The youth waited for five years [for the promises to be fulfilled]. People will not forget how farmers were treated. They have voted on fundamental issues,” Akhilesh Yadav said.
“In a democracy, the public decides and the public was against the BJP,” he added.
The Samajwadi Party chief said that the BJP must answer why the prices of diesel and petrol had skyrocketed or why an LPG cylinder cost Rs 1,000.
“The BJP promised five expressways, which are nowhere to be seen. They lied that missiles would be made in UP,” he said.
Akhilesh Yadav-led SP is fighting the UP poll in alliance with several smaller parties. Its main contender is the incumbent BJP, being led by CM Yogi Adityanath. The Priyanka Gandhi-led Congress is also in the fray but is being touted as a lagging player.
The result of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election will be declared on March 10.