Utta
P adesh
politics
has
heated
up
afte
Chief
Mi iste
Yogi
Aditya ath
ta geted
the
Samajwadi
Pa ty& squo;s
PDA
fo mulatio
a d
li ked
it
to
Pakista
i
a
sha p
political
ema k.
The
stateme t
was
made
du i g
a
eve t
i
Luck ow
ma ki g
the
death
a ive sa y
of
fo me
Utta
P adesh
Chief
Mi iste
a d
Padma
Vibhusha
awa dee
Kalya
Si gh.
While
payi g
t ibute
to
Kalya
Si gh,
Yogi
Aditya ath
attacked
Samajwadi
Pa ty
chief
Akhilesh
Yadav
a d
questio ed
his
i te p etatio
of
the
PDA
fo mula.
The
Chief
Mi iste
said
the
mea i g
of
“P& dquo;
had
cha ged
f om
“Pichhda& dquo;
to
“Pa dit& dquo;
a d
claimed
that
it
could
eve tually
be
associated
with
“Pakista .& dquo;
Yogi
also
accused
Akhilesh
Yadav
of
bei g
i se sitive
towa ds
Kalya
Si gh,
allegi g
that
while
BSP
chief
Mayawati
atte ded
the
p og amme
a d
paid
t ibute,
the
Samajwadi
Pa ty
chief
did
ot
publicly
offe
eve
a
ve bal
t ibute
to
the
fo me
Chief
Mi iste .
The
ema ks
t igge ed
a
political
cou te attack
f om
the
Samajwadi
Pa ty.
The
pa ty
accused
the
BJP
of
havi g
a
g eate
co ectio
with
Pakista ,
citi g
visits
by
BJP
leade s
to
Pakista ,
a d
a gued
that
o
Samajwadi
Pa ty
o
INDIA
bloc
leade
had
do e
so.
BJP
MP
Di esh
Sha ma
backed
Yogi
Aditya ath& squo;s
ema ks,
while
the
oppositio
i te sified
its
c iticism
of
the
Chief
Mi iste
a d
the
BJP.
The
political
excha ge
comes
mo ths
ahead
of
the
Utta
P adesh
Assembly
electio s.
With
the
electio
campaig
expected
to
i te sify,
the
latest
co f o tatio
highlights
the
g owi g
focus
o
caste
equatio s,
PDA
politics
a d
the
political
legacy
of
Kalya
Si gh.
