Delhi will be first nail in BJP's coffin, UP the last: SP

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are due in 2017

Mulayam Singh
Press Trust of India Hardoi (UP)
Last Updated : Feb 08 2015 | 5:21 PM IST
Delhi Assembly elections will be the first nail in the coffin of BJP and Uttar Pradesh will put the last one, a senior Samajwadi Party leader said today.

"Delhi elections will be first nail in the BJP's coffin and UP will put the last nail," SP National General Secretary Naresh Agarwal said at a Panchayat Sammelan, where party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was also present.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are due in 2017.

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Asked about the Aam Aadmi Party, SP supremo Yadav said his party had not fielded any candidate in Delhi considering the positive feedback AAP was getting in different surveys.

"We have not fielded candidates in Delhi polls after seeing lead of AAP...," Yadav told reporters here.

On the possibility of inclusion of AAP in his front, Yadav said, "No talks have been held in this regard. At present, six parties are there in it.
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First Published: Feb 08 2015 | 4:54 PM IST

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