Akhilesh Yadav Calls Congress a "Cheat" Party

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav has intensified his attack on the Congress, calling it a “chalu” (cheat) party. Yadav, whose party is a significant member of the Congress-led INDIA bloc, warned the people that if the Congress could “cheat” him, it could cheat the public as well.

Referring to the Caste census, Yadav said that it was conducted until 1931, but the Congress is the party that stopped the practice. “Their vote base shifted to the BJP… they are demanding caste-based census for vote bank… we are standing with you because we want you to get social justice,” he said.

“Nobody is getting anything in ration…Then why would you vote BJP… don”t even vote for the Congress…Congress is a very chalu (cheat) party… will you be careful or not? If Congress can cheat us, it can cheat anyone,” Yadav said in Tikamgarh.

The conflict between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party began when the Congress denied seats to the Yadav-led party in the Madhya Pradesh election. The Congress explained that INDIA had been constituted as a national bloc, not meant to be for regional politics.

Since then, Akhilesh Yadav has been attacking the Congress. He has called the decision to deny his party seats a “betrayal.” On Saturday, Yadav announced that his party would compete on all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.

“The Samajwadi Party is making preparations on all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state for the coming elections. How many allies we have to take along will be known later. But preparations have to be made on all the 80 seats, as we will have to extend help to the alliance partners which contest the polls,” he said.

“Lessons should be learnt in politics, only this helps to move forward,” Yadav said about his conflict with the Congress.