'UP will see one-on-one fight between BJP, SP with Akhilesh Yadav winning'

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said that like West Bengal Assembly polls Uttar Pradesh will see a oneonone fight between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party with Akhilesh Yadav emerging victoriousAt a joint press conference with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav Banerjee tweaked the khela hobe campaign anthem of her party for last years Assembly polls to Khela Hoga the game is on and stressed that if Bengal can do it defeat BJP so can Uttar Pradesh Asked if she has plans of contesting the 2024 general elections from Uttar Pradesh the West Bengal chief minister replied that she would talk to Akhilesh Yadav about itShe however evaded questions on whether she will be the prime ministerial face in the 2024 elections About the Uttar Pradesh election Banerjee who defeated the BJP in the highoctane assembly polls in her state last year said If Yogi Adityanath Ji comes to power he will eat you up politically as well as economically He does not know anything and hence he is going away Let him go A person who wants to go should be allowed to goShe egged on the people to defeat the BJP without paying heed to the caste equation I understand elections I have been a seventime MP and threetime chief minister I also know India This time division of votes is not going to happen in Uttar Pradesh The BJP had tried it pretty hard in Bengal but it boiled down to oneonone contest between the TMC and BJP Here also it is going to be a headon fight and Akhilesh Ji is going to emerge victorious The SP will win and it will be history Banerjee saidShe also said that every caste is a pride for her and that her heart cries for the poor If you remove BJP from the state we will remove them from the country This is our promise This time Akhilesh Yadav will win more than 300 seats All the regional parties will unitedly remove the BJP from Delhi and this is our promise Banerjee said She said that Akhilesh Yadav has enough strength to fight the BJP but added that in a war everybody must be taken alongAsked to comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modis comments in Parliament on Tuesday that if there was no Congress there would have been no Emergency in the country Banerjee said This has become the supergrandfather of Emergency On whether she will appeal to the Bengalispeaking population in the state to vote for the Samajwadi Party chief she replied Akhilesh Yadav will get the support There will be Khela Hobe and he will win In Bengal the BJP has been kicked out of the field Here too they will be sent out Akhilesh Yadav is not alone the public is with him She mocked the BJPs Sankalp Patra for the 2022 Assembly polls saying Whether it is a manifesto or moneyfesto I dont know The BJP has become a khatra danger party To a question on whether she will campaign in Gorakhpur against Yogi Adityanath the TMC supremo said that she will visit Varanasi and also address a meeting there on March 3The Trinamool Congress has not fielded any candidate in Uttar Pradesh and is supporting the Samajwadi Party in the highoctane battle in the politically crucial state During the West Bengal Assembly elections in 2021 the SP had extended its support to the Mamata Banerjeeled party Yadav shares a very cordial relationship with Mamata Banerjee and had even attended the grand opposition meeting hosted by the TMC supremo in January 2019 On his part Akhilesh Yadav termed the BJPs allegation that jungle raj would return in Uttar Pradesh in the SP makes a comeback a propaganda Banerjee expressed her fondness for Mathuras famous pedaa and that Uttar Pradesh and Bengal share the common bond of Ganga heart and cultureHitting out at the Centre over the Covid vaccination she said They BJP said that Covid jabs were given by them Where did the money come from They are playing politics with public money In a veiled dig at BSP chief Mayawati the Banerjee said I would like to tell the Dalit brothers and sisters that your leader does not work and she has surrendered before the BJP They BJP went to Bengal and said that Mamata does not worship Goddess Durga But they got a slap on their face UNESCO gave heritage status to Bengals Durga Puja she saidThe BJPled government repealed the three farm laws keeping an eye on the Assembly polls in the fice state and those might be brought back after the elections get over she allegedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever