INDIA bloc leaders appeal to voters for support in the name of democracy
On the eve of the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav predicted historic results.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath may be older in age but is "much behind" in work.
“CM ne kaha, humse ek saal badey hain. Hum kehte hain kaam me bahut pichey ho, umar mein toh badey ho skate ho. (CM said he’s a year older to me. Although, he is older than me, he is much behind in work),” Akhilesh said, reacting to Adityanath's remark on age difference on Friday.
At his first parliamentary speech on March 21, Adityanath said that he was year older than former CM Akhilesh and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. In a light-hearted vein, Adityanath said that he coming in between the two–the SP-Congress alliance–had made them lose bitterly in the state assembly elections.
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“I am a year younger to Rahul Gandhi and a year senior to Akhilesh Yadav. May be they lost because I came in between them,” Adityanath said in the Lok Sabha.
Adityanath, the five-time MP from eastern UP’s Gorakhpur is 44 years old. Akhilesh, the youngest CM to hold office in 2012 is 43 years old.
Adityanath on March 19 was sworn in as the 32nd chief minister of the state.
The BJP won a massive 325 seats of the 403 assembly seats, while the SP-Congress alliance managed to bag just 54 seats.
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