UP polls: BJP will garner 80 pc votes, others 20, says Yogi Adityanath

Speaking at the DD Conclave organised by Doordarshan here, Adityanath claimed that BJP will win more than 300 seats this time.

"The biggest alliance took place in 2019, when Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), and others contested unitedly. Despite that, BJP got the maximum 64 seats, whereas BSP could manage 10 seats, SP 5 and Congress won just one seat. At that time I had said that BJP will win 65 seats," Yogi said when asked about the challenges posed by the opposition in UP polls.

Since the opposition parties are contesting the polls separately this time, it is clear that BJP will again win more than 300 seats.

"In a healthy democracy, the opposition should get few seats and this should happen," he quipped.

On a question, if the elections were a tough test, he said it is tough and challenging for the ill-prepared or half prepared, and they are the ones who are scared. "For us, the election is not a test, but a festival," he said.

The Chief Minister said that in UP, in the past five years the BJP government conducted welfare works only, and therefore, it is fully prepared for the polls.

Comparing the political parties with students about to appear in examinations, he said those who study throughout the year are never afraid of appearing in the exams.

Only those students, who bunk the classes and are ill-prepared, develop cold feet before the exams.

"Therefore I believe that for us, elections are not a test, but a festival," he reiterated.

Replying to a question, Yogi said, "We have not come into politics to gain power. We have entered politics to fulfill three resolutions. First of nationalism, second of establishing good governance while being in power, and third to bring prosperity for everyone."

Regarding the 'Farq Saaf Hai' (difference is apparent) campaign, Yogi made a veiled attack on the preceding government saying that the "uncle" and the "nephew" would fight before every recruitment process as to who would extort all the money from examination candidates

"They never thought anything good for the state, nor can they say anything good for the state," he said.

"The previous government and the police would beg before the rioters, they were felicitated at the CM residence, cases against terrorists were withdrawn, terrorists could conduct blasts as they pleased. But, today the rioters cannot muster the courage to do anything wrong. This is 'Farq Saaf Hai.'"

Taking a dig at SP president Akhilesh Yadav's claim of seeing Lord Krishna in his dreams, Yogi said Lord Krishna appears in his dreams to warn him against his acts and remind him during Akhilesh's tenure riots rocked Mathura, incidents like Jawahar Bagh happened and the temples languished.

On his priorities in the elections, he said that security and good governance to all, without any discrimination, topped his agenda.

"We formulated schemes not on the basis of faces, but with the target of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas'. Therefore, people are getting positive results from these schemes," he added.