BJP indulging in politics of fear and hatred: Akhilesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "cheating" the country in the name of his caste and the BJP is indulging in the politics of "fear and hatred", Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged Saturday.

He also attacked the saffron party over the cancellation of dismissed BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's nomination from Modi's Lok Sabha seat Varanasi.

"The BJP is indulging in the politics of fear and hatred", while the mahagatbandhan (SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh) is bringing people together, Akhilesh Yadav said at an election meeting in Bahraich.

He also said, "The prime minister is cheating the country in the name of his caste".

Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the BJP used to call the prime minister "backward, and now (is calling him) as extremely backward."
"The government which could not work for the people is now citing strong government and terrorism. What has this government done as far as terrorism is concerned?
Earlier, addressing an election meeting in Gonda, Akhilesh Yadav said, "In the past five years, the BJP only cheated the people, and now the public will seek an account (hisaab) from it."