Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will be campaigning for sister-in-law Aparna Yadav on Thursday. Aparna is contesting the state polls from the Lucknow Cantt assembly seat.
This comes a day after Akhilesh’s wife Dimple Yadav campaigned for Aparna on Wednesday.
Standing alongside Aparna, a reticent Dimple, who appeared more confident, compared various development works undertaken by the SP government against those of the BJP-led dispensation at the Centre, which she said did nothing but ban notes and force people to stand in queues outside banks and harm interests of small traders and artisans.
Addressing a receptive crowd which also presented her with a sword, Dimple recalled how Taj City Agra has been linked with Lucknow through the only expressway of its kind in the country.
“This is an expressway of development, prosperity and improving economy and it will be taken to Ballia (on SP returning to power)...will you support us in it?” she said, asking people to raise their hands in support.
Amidst slogans and cheers, she referred to the Lucknow Metro project which she said was completed with the blessings of Netaji (Mulayam Singh) in two years' time... "Now even the prime minister has said he will come and sit in our metro," she said. Dimple also cited Medanta hospital and a cancer institute as other achievements of the Akhilesh Yadav government.
"There are so many works of this kind which has led to frustration (among political rivals) and made their blood pressure rise," she said and asked what has been done by 'buaji' (Mayawati) with the crowd answering back "elephants, elephants" (BSP symbol).
Earlier in the day, SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav campaigned for Aparna Yadav promising to fulfil all promises irrespective of his party coming to power. “But if the party forms government, more works will be undertaken in a better way,” he said, recalling the works done for women welfare, poor and labourers.
Making an emotional appeal for Aparna Yadav, Yadav said these elections are attached to his political respect and honour and he would be grateful to people if they supported his younger daughter-in-law.
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