Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: Akhilesh Yadav taunts PM Narendra Modi for including Mayawati in ‘SCAM’

CM Akhilesh Yadav addressed a joint rally with Congress VP Rahul Gandhi in Meerut and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his SCAM remark.

By: News Desk |
February 7, 2017 3:30 pm

Ahead of the state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav addressed a joint rally with Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Meerut and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his statement in which he described the abbreviation of ‘SCAM’.

CM Akhilesh Yadav asked why PM Modi included Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati in his definition of ‘SCAM’ even when the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) have formed an alliance with BSP thrice in the past. Akhilesh said,”I wonder why PM included Mayawati’s name in ‘SCAM’ as earlier they have allied thrice to form government in the state.”

I wonder why PM included Mayawati’s name in ‘SCAM’, They have allied thrice to form govt. in UP: Akhilesh Yadav in Meerut. #uppolls2017 pic.twitter.com/KIzwZEL5Yi

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 7, 2017

Rahul Gandhi went on to accuse the Prime Minister for spreading hatred across the state. “Modiji aate hain karoodh failaate hain, yahan se message jaana chaahiye iss pradesh mein nafrat nahi failaai ja sakti hai. Modi ji se hum kehna chaahte hain, UP ek saath khada hai, isay toda nahi ja sakta hai (Modi ji comes and spreads hatred. We should send a message from here that he cannot spread hatred in Uttar Pradesh),” said Rahul adding that it’s not so easy to break the state.

Modiji aate hain karoodh failaate hain, yahan se message jaana chaahiye iss pradesh mein nafrat nahi failaai ja sakti hai: Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/4m7G3EwqIu

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 7, 2017

Modi ji se hum kehna chaahte hain, UP ek saath khada hai, isay toda nahi ja sakta hai: Rahul Gandhi in Meerut. #uppolls2017 pic.twitter.com/ql8ypHLd8I

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 7, 2017

Earlier on February 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Meerut which was his first addressing after SP and Congress allied to fight the assembly polls together. Targeting the 3 major opponents in UP, PM Modi asserted that these three parties were behind the increasing crime across the state and BJP will fight against it. He termed them as SCAM and said,”This is BJP’s fight against SCAM which stands for Samajwadi Party, Congress, Akhilesh, and Mayawati.”

In Uttar Pradesh, the polling for the assembly elections will take place in seven phases and will begin from February 11. The counting of votes will be done on March 11.