N in NDA means negative, BJP trapped in own negative agenda, says Akhilesh Yadav

In 2019, the SP-BSP alliance won 15 seats, with the former winning five and the latter winning 10.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said the BJP focused on the politics of negativity and got trapped in its own negative agenda.

In an interview with Hindustan Times, Yadav said “the N in NDA (the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance) means negative”. “When the BJP leaders found that they were losing the election, they moved to a negative narrative. They are raising the issue of Hindu- Muslim, Pakistan. Speeches of both the PM (Narendra Modi) and the CM (Yogi Adityanath) are depressing,” he said.

Yadav’s comments came ahead of the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls on May 25.

Speaking about the BJP’s “400 par slogan”, the SP chief said, “First understand the 400-plus slogan. There are 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, after 400 seats, the BJP is targeting 143 seats. The BJP leaders have realised that their slogan is wrong, the message has gone to the people that the BJP is aiming for only 143 seats.”

He also termed “Modi Ki Guarantees” “hollow”.

According to him, the BJP strategy has “failed”. “BJP leaders said that Modi needs 400 seats to amend the Constitution. The BJP strategy has failed. People have understood the game plan of the BJP to amend the Constitution. The followers of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar and those who want to strengthen democracy and the Constitution have united and have joined the PDA family of the SP. Now, the BJP is finding itself out of the contest,” the SP chief told HT.

Yadav said ever since the Congress and SP joined hands, the engines of Delhi and Lucknow are set to collide. “In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, people have acquired a sixth sense, and they have decided to remove the BJP from power. Those who are speaking of double engines have removed the Lucknow engine (Adityanath) from the hoardings installed by the party,” he told HT.

Speaking about Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s claim that his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath will be removed from office if the BJP returns to power, the SP chief said, “It’s true. Kejriwal is the CM of Delhi; he is aware of the politics and game plan of the BJP at the national level. The BJP has removed Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Madhya Pradesh, Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan. They will not spare the UP CM also.”

According to Yadav, June 4 will be “will be the day of happiness”. He also rubbished the NDA claim that the INDIA bloc has no PM face. “A film will be released with the title Ek thi bhajpa” (once there was BJP). We have no dearth of faces; we will sit down and decide the face,” he said.