BJP captured power in UP by telling "lies", alleges Akhilesh

Ahmedabad, Dec 8: Former UP Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday cautioned voters in Gujarat not to fall into 'BJP trap' and said the saffron party has dethroned him by "telling lies and spreading falsehood".

"Yeh jahan gaye, sirf jhoot bolen (Wherever BJP leaders went, they only spoke lie and spread falsehood)," Mr Yadav told a press conference here.
He said, "It is only by telling lies they have dethroned Samajwadi Party and taken away my chair".
The Samajwadi Party chief, who has fielded four candidates for Gujarat polls this year, said, "Wherever they went and whom so ever they met, they told them that leaders from their castes would be made Chief Minister. They told this to even smaller caste people and see ultimately whom we have got as the Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh".
To a question whether he was here in Gujarat on the eve of first phase of polling to tell voters to back Congress candidates, Mr Akhilesh Yadav said, "We have said people should opt for a secular party. Moreover, as a young leader I feel happy that young leaders are bringing in change in Gujarat - like Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakore and Jignesh Mevani. They all are working with Congress".
The former UP Chief Minister said the development model of Gujarat as hyped by BJP leaders do not make much sense as "I could not find Vikas (development) any where".
"I traveled in rural areas and found roads in very bad shape," he said.
To a question, Mr Yadav said, "the day is not far off when there will be huge number of socialists in Gujarat too and they will be moving around on bicycles".
The former UP Chief Minister said the BJP leaders only made propaganda about Sabarmati River Front, but the river front in Lucknow along river Gomti is the "best" in the country. UNI