Akhilesh Yadav: Narendra Modi is to a greater publicity PM

Lucknow, May 5 Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday exuded confidence that his party's alliance with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) in Uttar Pradesh will rise triumphant in the biggest number of seats in Uttar Pradesh to the detriment of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

He also spoke at length against the Narendra Modi-drove NDA government at the Center saying that the Prime Minister "dependably does the opposite he guarantees" and is just a "publicity PM."

"The BJP is not able to tell its achievements. Terrorism increased and most of the jawans got martyred in their rule," he alleged.

"People are yet to see achhe din. Modiji is all the more of a publicity PM. On May 23 (counting day), India will get a new prime minister," Akhilesh added.

In an exclusive interview to Zee News, Akhilesh, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, said that a large portion of the seats will go to the SP-BSP-RLD in the state and included that their union is the collusion of things to come, which the BJP-drove state government needs to break. "I don't have an issue with Yogi Adityanath, however he isn't working and has also stopped all the development work there," he said.

Explaining why the 2019 decision is unique, Akhilesh said it is on the grounds that "India will see a new government this time."

He hammered the BJP government by taking the case of ex-BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who selected to battle the election on SP ticket against PM Modi in Varanasi. In any case, his candidature was rejected by the Election Commission.

Tej Bahadur Yadav was expelled from service two years ago over his viral post on poor food quality for jawans. Akhilesh said the government was afraid of one jawan.

"BJP just wants votes in the name of the army, but does not want to help them," Akhilesh Yadav said.

He also shared light on how SP formed an alliance with BSP. Akhilesh said that he and Mayawati talked about it for the first amid the Lok Sabha by surveys in Gorakhpur and Phulphur and from that point forward, the coalition was shaped. He included that a collusion with the Congress was not on the motivation at present.

"I might know Rahul Gandhi well however political unions are a different thing out and out," he said.

The SP supremo also added that the alliance partners will decide on the next prime minister together.

The 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh are voting in all the seven phases of the Lok Sabha race. The result of 542 Lok Sabha seats will be declared on May 23.