Lucknow, Oct. 31 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, asserting that the people of Uttar Pradesh would puncture the party's cycle in the 2027 Assembly elections and send it back to Saifai.
Speaking to reporters in Lucknow, Maurya said that Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have been dreaming of returning to power but their ambitions would not be fulfilled in Uttar Pradesh.
Responding to Akhilesh Yadav's criticism of the state's law and order situation, Maurya countered the SP chief to look back at his party's tenure from 2012 to 2017. He alleged that the period was marked by hooliganism, crime, mafia dominance and com...