We will win 400 seats in 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls: Akhilesh Yadav

KANPUR: Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday expressed confidence that his party can win 400 assembly seats in the upcoming 2022 state assembly elections.
“Going by the resentment against the BJP government, people of UP can make our party win 400 seats in upcoming 2022 polls,” he said while addressing reporters at the circuit house in Akbarpur in Kanpur Dehat.
On being apprised about the inauguration of an international airport in Kushinagar district scheduled to be done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 20, Akhilesh claimed “the airport was built by the SP government and now the BJP is trying to take credit for it”.
“The airport which they are going to inaugurate was built by the Samajwadi Party. You all understand, they only know how to change colours and replace one’s name with theirs. This is a new culture in BJP’s politics,” Akhilesh said.
Akhilesh also held BJP responsible for what he termed as the ongoing power crisis in the state.
“I have come to know only today that the BJP is going to make electricity expensive,” he said and added, “There is anarchy due to the ‘thoko’ policy of the BJP government of the state. Bullets are being fired all over the state,” said Akhilesh.
On the question of alliance with uncle Shivpal Yadav, he said, “We will give full respect to all. In the upcoming Assembly election, we will fight in alliance with the smaller parties and the final decision for forging alliance with them will be taken by Samajwadis. The aim of my party is to remove the BJP government. However, Samajwadi Party this time will not forge alliance with any national party, because the experience with such parties previously was not very good.”
Akhilesh said that big mandis were built in all the districts under the SP government but BJP could not start it till date. “BJP has even betrayed Ganga Maiya,” he added, “Samajwadi government will save and give full respect to Gau Mata (Cow).”
He added, the laptops given by the SP government are still running today. SP will also work on a plan to reduce the price of mustard oil.
After completing the Samajwadi Vijay Yatra started from Jajmau bridge in Kanpur, he toured several districts of Bundelkhand including Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jalaun and Kanpur Dehat, and left for Lucknow on Thursday morning from Kanpur Dehat after meeting party workers.