He also accused Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav of abdicating his responsibility over the absconding minister Gayatri Prajapati, calling it a worst example of poor law and order.
Asked if the results will be seen as people's response to the Narendra Modi government's work, he said they will put their stamp of approval on its two-and-a-half-year tenure in these elections.
Shah rejected suggestion that intensive campaign by Prime Minister Modi in Varanasi and neighbouring places and the fact that the top party brass has been camping here for days were a sign of nervousness in the saffron camp.
Wherever elections have taken place in the earlier phases, the party and its leaders have focused on campaigning and it is natural that they are in Varanasi now as it goes to the polls in the last phase, he said.
Responding to Yadav's barb at the BJP over its 'achhe din' (good days) claim for the country, he said, "The 'achhe din' of Uttar Pradesh will begin from 1 P M on March 11 when the counting of votes will occur and the BJP will emerge victorious.
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