"The BJP is trying to take credit for the Purvanchal Expressway which is not correct. He even said that the people are aware that quality has been compromised in the making of the expressway and will not be misled.īSP president Mayawati too has also taken a plunge into the expressway battle. Some workers of the Samajwadi Party even cycled on the expressway at various points and showered flowers on it.Īkhilesh Yadav said that the SP government completed the Agra Expressway within 22 months whereas the BJP government is inaugurating an incomplete Purvanchal Expressway. The Samajwadi Party, while trying to take credit for the expressway, slammed the BJP for unveiling projects that were built by the previous government. He said that the BJP government is now writing a new chapter of development there. Addressing a public meeting yesterday, PM Modi accused the previous governments (SP and BSP) in Uttar Pradesh of letting poverty and the mafia take over the state’s eastern part. The SP chief's yatra is being organised a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the expressway and made a political slugfest in the poll-bound state. The expressway passes through nine districts - Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur. His Vijay Rath Yatra will move from Ghazipur to Lucknow. According to media reports, Akhilesh will hold several Sabhas (mmetins) at various points on the expressway. Akhilesh will also address a rally near the airstrip on the expressway.
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Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has announced that he will take out the Vijay Rath Yatra on the Purvanchal Expressway from Ghazipur today. A day after the BJP showcased the 341-kilometre-long expressway as its biggest achievement, the Samajwadi Party is gearing up to drive holes into the same. The Purvanchal Expressway is now becoming the arena for the battle between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav during the Samajwadi Vijay Yatra in Gorakhpur on November 13.