LUCKNOW, Oct. 7 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday revived his controversial "80 versus 20" pitch ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, citing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fielding eight candidates against the Samajwadi Party's two for 10 Rajya Sabha seats as proof that 80% of the electorate backs the ruling alliance, leaving only 20% for the Opposition.

"The Rajya Sabha elections have foreshadowed the outcome of the upcoming assembly elections," the chief minister said, dismissing the SP's core demographic framework of the PDA (Pichhda or Backward Classes, Dalit, and Alpasankhyak or Minorities) as a minority force.

"The battle has once again shaped up as an '80 vs. 20' contest, with 80% belonging to th...