'27,000 votes, 27 seats': Akhilesh lays out SP strategy to counter BJP in UP polls
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav has outlined a strategy to increase vote share in Uttar Pradesh by targeting specific assembly constituencies. He criticized the BJP government on issues ranging from agricultural costs and job creation to the alleged vandalism of statues.
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This highlights the specific electoral strategies and political grievances shaping the upcoming assembly elections in India's most populous state.
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said the party has set a target of increasing its vote share by 27,000 votes in each of 27 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh effectively aiming to reduce the ruling BJP's vote share by the same margin.Speaking in Lucknow after a meeting with the party's state executive members and office-bearers, Akhilesh said SP workers would visit voters' homes, listen to their concerns and discuss issues they face.Akhilesh also accused the BJP of leaving people across sections of society unhappy during its decade in power.He said farmers had been promised that their income would double, but claimed that the cost of diesel, petrol, pesticides, fertilisers and DAP had risen while farmers continued to struggle to get remunerative prices for their crops.On ethanol, Akhilesh alleged that the policy was leading to people paying more and questioned who was ultimately benefiting from it.He also…
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