Akhilesh Yadav asks SP workers to go all out to defeat BJP in 2019

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has asked party workers to make every effort to defeat the BJP, which he blamed for the hardships of ordinary people. Speaking to workers at his native village of Saifai, he said the party’s goal was to wipe out the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Demonetisation and jobs

Yadav described the BJP as a party of false promises. He said the country was still struggling to recover, mentally and financially, from demonetisation, and claimed that ordinary people had turned against the BJP after what he called dictatorial steps. If traders joined them, he said, BJP candidates would lose their deposits.

He dismissed the government’s claim of cheating-free examinations, alleging that candidates who did not sit the exams got top marks and that papers for many government recruitment tests had leaked, leaving processes incomplete. Police recruitment had been simple and transparent under the SP, he said, but the Yogi Adityanath government had made it so complicated that many eligible candidates could not apply, and other departments were no different.

Farmers and the Prime Minister

The former Chief Minister accused the state government of ignoring farmers and mocking them with fairs and the Kumbh, saying its farm schemes had failed and often caused losses. He also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise to double farmers’ incomes did not match reality and called the claims baseless.

Yadav warned that the BJP might spread false and malicious rumours before the election to mislead the public, and asked workers to stay alert and inform people.

What happened next

Demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes had been announced on 8 November 2016. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election the BJP won 303 of 543 seats and Narendra Modi was sworn in for a second term on 30 May 2019.

See also: Lok Sabha members

Originally published on 30 October 2018. Rewritten on 9 October 2026.

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