India, Oct. 30 -- LUCKNOW Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday launched a sharp counter-attack against Union home minister Amit Shah, dismissing his promise to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttar Pradesh as a belated election-eve ploy and predicting a landslide victory for the SP in the 2027 Assembly polls.

Addressing a press conference in the state capital hours after Shah promised the implementation of the UCC at a BJP state working committee meeting, the former chief minister remarked that it was "too late" for the home minister's pitch.

"Badi der kar di meherban aate-aate (it took you so long to arrive). What were they doing for the last 10 years?" Yadav quipped, questioning why the ruling party waited...