The Congress and SP formally announced an alliance for the UP Polls 2017 on Sunday.
Reacting to the formal announcement of an
alliance between the Congress and Samajwadi Party for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections, the BJP said that Rahul Gandhi needed such a tie-up to save his political career.
A day after the alliance was announced by state leaders of the SP and Congress, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra jibed, "Rahul Gandhi needs Akhilesh's cycle carrier to save his political career."
As per the terms of the alliance, the Samajwadi Party will contest 298 seats whereas the Congress will field 105 candidates for the UP polls. Of the total 10 assembly constituents each in
Amethi and Raebareli, the Congress and the SP will contest five seats each.
The party also took potshots at Samajwadi Party national president and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav over an alleged incident of manhandling of two women in Aligarh, nearly two kilometres away from the Yamuna Expressway.
"The Chief Minister was busy politicking and stitching such an alliance at the time when this gory incident was taking place. This shows lawlessness in the state and the way Akhilesh is ruining Uttar Pradesh," claimed the BJP.
"Junior Yadav knows that his misrule of five years will haunt him in these elections," Dr Patra said.
The BJP has already declared
304 candidates for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, scheduled for February 11. Along with incumbent legislators Sangeet Som and Suresh Rana, the other candidates include former UP Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj Singh, MP Hukum Singh's daughter Mriganka Singh as well as former BSP leader Brijesh Pathak.
(with inputs from PTI)