Lucknow, Oct. 30 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday claimed that the recent win of the Samajwadi Party (SP) in five MLC seats in Uttar Pradesh is a sign of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) facing a 'massive defeat in the upcoming 2027 Assembly elections.

The SP chief also claimed that while his party won the five MLC seats through "sheer strength", the BJP instead won their share of 6 seats with 'deceit'.

"The 5 seats we won were secured through sheer strength. The 6 seats the BJP won were secured through deceit," the SP chief said.

Invoking his PDA pitch, Pichde, Dalit, Alpsankhyak (Backward classes, Dalits, and Minorities), the SP chief claimed that the BJP-led government has snatched away reservation, betrayed the dev...