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Akhilesh thanks people of UP for increasing SP’s tally
The SP could win 111 seats against the BJP’s 255.The BJP secured a vote share of 41.3%, while the SP bagged 32.1% of the votes. The BSP and the Congress managed to secure 12.9% and 2.33% votes, respectively
LUCKNOW In his first statement after the UP poll results, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh for increasing his tally by two-and-a-half times and said his party had shown that the BJP’s seats could be reduced.
“The Samajwadi Party drastically improved on its seats tally as well as the vote percentage. But the party, along with its allies, failed to stall the BJP’s return to power in the state,” he said. Yadav said the SP will continue to raise public/development issues both in the legislature and on streets.
The SP could win 111 seats against the BJP’s 255.The BJP secured a vote share of 41.3%, while the SP bagged 32.1% of the votes. The BSP and the Congress managed to secure 12.9% and 2.33% votes, respectively. Akhilesh Yadav’s party had won 47 seats in 2017.
Congratulating all the MLAs of the SP-led alliance, Yadav asked them to discharge their responsibilities sincerely.
In a tweet in Hindi, on Friday morning, Yadav said: “Heartiest thanks to the people of Uttar Pradesh for increasing our seats two-and-half times. We have shown that the seats of the BJP could be reduced. The reduction (in the number of seats) of the BJP will continue. More than half the confusion and deceit (‘chalava’) has been cleared. The rest will be cleared in some days. The struggle will continue in public interest.”
This was the SP chief’s first public statement while all his alliance partners –
the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), and the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia (PSP-L) had issued statements on Thursday night.
RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary, in a tweet in Hindi, had said: “I respect the public mandate. Congratulations to all the winner MLAs. Hope they will work as per the public aspirations. Party workers worked, and the struggle will go on.”
SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar said: “I respect people’s support and love to the SP-SBSP alliance and the mandate by them. The struggle will continue.”
PSP-L chief Shivpal Yadav stated: “I honour the public mandate from the bottom of my heart and congratulate them for creating a strong opposition.”
