RLD chief Jayant Slams PM Modi On Bijnor Rally

CM Yogi tweeted a jibe on SP-RLD Ally

Just days before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Polls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's ally Jayant Chaudhary taunted the ruling govt. BJP as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first physical rally in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, was cancelled on account of bad weather and he addressed a virtual rally instead.

RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary has a substantial support base among the Jats and farmers in western Uttar Pradesh, said the BJP is just not ready to face the people after failing to keep their promises.

"The BJP had earlier promised better electricity and development in Bijnor. If the Prime Minister had visited them today, the people would have asked questions.

So suddenly BJP's weather turned bad," Chaudhary said, holding up his phone -- open at a weather app -- at a rally in Meerut Cantonment.

Jat Leader Chaudhary also took a swipe at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his comment that he will "cool down" other parties.

Earlier, State's Chief Minister Yogi had tweeted a jibe at the Samajwadi Party, whose candidate from Kairana, Nahid Hasan, was arrested last month under the Gangster Act.

"Tamanchawadi Party's (Gun-wielding party) candidate from Kairana is threatening, that is, the heat has not calmed down yet! After March 10, the heat will calm down..." CM Yogi Adityanath had tweeted.

"They want us to cool down but there is a lot of heat here. They want to talk about Jinnah but we want to talk about jobs and sugarcane dues," RLD chief said.

Accusing the government of failing to industrialize the area, Mr Chaudhary said all help, instead, is being given to actor Kangana Ranaut. "Photos of Kangana Ranaut are being clicked. She has been made the ambassador of an industrial scheme," he said.

In his virtual address today, PM Modi said the "river of development" had stopped in Uttar Pradesh before 2017 due to the dynastic approach of “fake samajwadis.”

The "river of development" is seen reference to the flooding of the periodic flooding of Ganga in the area. One of the main grouses of local farmers is that the government is yet to help control the flooding.