‘Love jihad’, ‘cow terror’ will not work in U.P. polls, says Jayant Chaudhary

The Rashtriya Lok Dal chief says he will not allow a communally polarised campaign to ruin the State in the run up to the Assembly polls.

Asserting that the BJP's alleged "apathy" towards protesting farmers will hurt it in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary on Sunday said artificial issues such as "love jihad" and "cow terror" will not work as issues of development will win in the elections. As the focus shifts from the West Bengal polls earlier this year to the high-stakes election battle in Uttar Pradesh in 2022, newly-appointed Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Chaudhary asserted that his party will not allow a communally polarised campaign to ruin the Hindi heartland State in the run up to the Assembly polls. In an interview with PTI, Mr. Chaudhary, who took over as RLD chief after his father Chaudhary Ajit Singh's demise last month, said his party and the Samajwadi Party have a good rapport and a strong working relationship.