UP’s ‘anonymous’ war of posters gathers steam

AGRA: Posters targeting the BJP government at the Centre have emerged across Agra days after “anonymous” posters bearing the saffron party’s lotus condemned the

AGRA: Posters targeting the BJP government at the Centre have emerged across Agra days after “anonymous” posters bearing the saffron party’s lotus condemned the ruling Samajwadi Party government for state’s dwindling law and order.

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On Sunday, posters taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his frequent foreign visits were seen on walls, buses and at tea stalls across the city.

Modi is shown sitting on an aeroplane with a tomato in one hand, symbolise escalating inflation. The poster reads: ‘Thug ki sarkar’ (crook’s government). Below, the punchline reads: ‘Kaho dil se, Akhilesh fir se’, urging the masses to vote the Samajwadi Party back to power in Uttar Pradesh.

Interestingly, like the BJP earlier the Samajwadi Party leaders have also distanced themselves from these posters.

“This might be a reaction from the masses to the earlier posters by BJP which was insensitive depiction of an unfortunate incident at Jawahar Bagh. We do not indulge in such politics,” said Vipul Purohit, incharge of Samajwadi Party in Agra.

State leaders of the saffron party had distanced themselves from the posters.