Overview
- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav confirmed the INDIA bloc's continuity for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, dispelling doubts about the alliance's durability.
- Yadav criticized the BJP's Waqf Amendment Bill, accusing the party of acting as a 'land mafia' to seize land under the guise of legislation.
- He alleged that the BJP mismanaged the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, citing underreported casualties, failed surveillance systems, and pressure on victims' families to alter death causes.
- Yadav accused the BJP of eroding economic and social rights through policies like demonetization, GST, and diminishing reservation protections.
- The PDA strategy, uniting backward classes, Dalits, and minorities, was highlighted as a key framework to 'uproot' the BJP in the upcoming elections.