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Even a joint opposition won’t be able to come to power: Maurya

Varanasi: Attacking the opposition parties for attempt to appease the Brahmin vote bank ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections in the state, deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday said “even if Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Congress come together, they won’t be able to assume power in the state as people are now well aware about their real designs”. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, Maurya said, “SP, BSP and Congress have no future in Uttar Pradesh (UP) even if they unitedly fight against the BJP. The BJP will retain power in the state with over 300 seats in the 2022 assembly polls.” Reacting to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s announcements regarding forming alliance with small parties, Maurya said, ”He (Akhilesh) should stop day-dreaming. He had contested 2019 Lok Sabha election by forming an alliance with BSP, but could do nothing against BJP.” Maurya said, “Even if SP, BSP and Congress join hands again, they will not be visible in the assembly like they remained out of sight at the time of the challenges faced by the people. The result of LS poll of Amethi seat is evidence as Congress’s Rahul Gandhi was the candidate of Congress, SP and BSP but BJP’s Smriti Irani defeated him.” Regarding the bid of appeasing Brahmin voters by BSP, SP and Congress, Maurya said, “It is nothing more than the voice of frogs, which is heard during the rainy season. Those who start appeasing a caste at the time of election, can’t be the wellwishers of Brahmin or any other caste. BJP believes in the politics of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ and the 24 crore people of the state are equal to it.” He added that people of all castes have full faith in BJP. Reacting to BSP’s Satish Chandra Mishra visiting Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and his claim of cleaning the Ganga if BSP came to power, Maurya said, “BSP is not coming to power, hence instead of dreaming to clean the Ganga he (Mishra) should try to clean his own party. Cleaning Ganga is being ensured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” “It is the powerful leadership of Modiji that all these leaders, who avoided speaking about Hindus, Kashmir and Ram Mandir, have now started running to temples,” he said adding, “Soon the people in Kashi will start witnessing these leaders chanting Har Har Mahadev in the streets of holy city and visiting one temple to other to woo the people.” On agitating farmer leader Rakesh Tikait’s call of march to Lucknow, Maurya said, “Tikait has become a victim of the conspiracy of opposition parties and those seen with him in his sit-in stir are not farmers. Farmers are with BJP as they are well aware about the moves initiated by the Modi government for their benefit. Farmers’ protest is nothing else but drama.” Maurya also termed Rahul Gandhi’s move of reaching Parliament on a tractor as “nothing else but a bid to create a photo opportunity for himself.”

The Times of India

2021-07-28

Varanasi