Akhilesh claims palm reader predicted SP win in 2022 UP elections, BJP says stop 'daydreaming'

SP president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said a palm reader had recently predicted that he will win 350 of the 403 seats in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and asserted that if voted to power, his government will hold a caste-wise census.

State BJP chief Swatantradev Singh likened Yadav to 'Mungerilal' for his statement and said that the Samajwadi Party's claim of winning the 2022 election will remain a dream.

Speaking to reporters here at the party office, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said, "While going to Delhi on a flight, a person saw my palms and told me that if I work hard, I will form the next government by winning 350 seats."
Attacking chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Yadav said, "Yogi does not like the country's Constitution which secures the rights of Dalits and those belonging to the deprived and backward sections of the society. The BJP is attacking the Constitution."
Replying to a question on the recent telephonic conversation with Adityanath, Yadav said, "I told him (Adityanath) that fake cases have been registered against SP leader Azam Khan."
On the recent Delhi riots, the SP president said, "It seems that Union Home minister Amit Shah is angry with Yogi Adityanath. The Union Home minister said that 300 people from UP had come to spread violence (in Delhi). This statement is quite significant."