Miffed by loud sloganeering allegedly by Samajwadi Party workers during her address at a rally in Firozabad, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati said that the SP workers need to learn how to listen attentively from BSP people. Targeting the BJP, Congress and other opposition parties, Mayawati said that voters should be careful not to fall for their tactics. Burying decades-old hatchet, the SP and BSP have joined forces to take on the Congress and BJP in Uttar Pradesh. As per a pre-poll pact, the BSP, SP and RLD are contesting on 38, 37 and 3 Lok Sabha seats, respectively. In Firozabad, Mulayam Singh Yadav’s brother Shivpal Singh Yadav of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) is contesting against his nephew Akshaya Yadav, son of SP general secretary Prof Ram Gopal Yadav.

Source: Hindustan Times April 21, 2019 03:22 UTC