LUCKNOW, Nov. 10 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday sought to turn chief minister Yogi Adityanath's "80-20" formula against the BJP, claiming that it meant the BJP-led alliance would be capable of contesting a maximum of 80 seats in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

In a post on X, Akhilesh said that by '80-20', the Uttar Pradesh chief minister meant that the BJP alliance would be capable of contesting a maximum of 80 seats, while "PDA gathbandhan NDA ke muqable bees sabit hoga". The phrase "bees sabit hona", a Hindi expression meaning to prove superior to someone, was used to assert the PDA alliance's edge over the NDA.

The comment comes weeks after Yogi reiterated his "80 versus 20" formulation following t...