BJP using divide and rule policy to grab power: Akhilesh

Hardoi (UP), April 24

Accusing the BJP of using the divide and rule policy for grabbing power, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the SP-BSP alliance would not let the saffron party succeed in its designs.

Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said people voted for ‘chaiwala’ and tasted tea.

“As you know the taste of tea now, will you vote for him again?” he asked the gathering at an election meeting here.

“The BJP is playing the divide and rule game. They are creating division (in society) on the basis of caste and religion with the sole purpose of grabbing power. But, the SP-BSP alliance will not let the BJP succeed in its designs,” he said.

“United we will fight and also win against these forces,” he said.

Akhilesh asked if the alliance of three parties (SP-BSP-RLD) is ‘maha-milawat’ (as described by Modi), then what will you call an alliance of 38 parties.

Targeting the Prime Minister, he said, “The nation needs a ‘Pradhan Mantri’ (prime minister) and not a ‘Prachar Mantri’ (publicity minister).”

Akhilesh said he would not coin any nomenclature for the NDA “as people will themselves understand”. PTI