"Hit Century" In First Two Phases: Akhilesh Yadav's Claim On Phase 3 Of Polls
NDTV
Fifty-nine seats across 16 districts are going to polls today -- of which Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party had won only nine in 2017.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said his party has "hit century" in the first two phases as Uttar Pradesh votes in the third phase today. Fifty-nine seats across 16 districts are going to polls today -- of which the SP had won only nine in 2017.
"The BJP is going to be eliminated. Farmers of UP won't forgive them," Akhilesh Yadav, seen as the big challenger of the state's ruling BJP, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
"We have hit century in first two phases and even in this phase SP and the alliance would be ahead of everyone else," he added after casting his vote in Jaswantnagar.
In a first, Mr Yadav is contesting the state elections. The seat is Karhal -- part of his family turf Mainpuri -- and his opponent is the BJP Union Minister SP Singh Baghel.
