Predicting a landslide victory of Samajwadi Party in the next Assembly elections in UP, Akhilesh Yadav claimed that they would win at least 351 seats as people were fed up with the “misrule” of the present BJP regime.

“People have compared the development-oriented governance of Samajwadi Party to the BJP regime’s functioning of high-pitch sound bites and little work. Thus, they now want the Samajwadi Party to return to power,” the SP chief said while addressing party workers in the state SP office in Lucknow on Thursday.

“During the SP regime, we provided free irrigation to farmers and also introduced Kisan Durghatna Beema Yojana to benefit the community. On the contrary, the BJP government has pushed farmers towards the blind alley of deprivation,” he added

“Reports of farmers committing suicide in Bundelkhand have shaken public conscience but not of BJP leaders. In Bundelkhand, farmers are neck-deep in debt and hence forced to end their lives. Similarly, farmers growing cane, potato and paddy are also in distress. The BJP had promised to double farmers’ income by 2022 but they have so far failed to come up with a solution,” he alleged.

Akhilesh said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s statement, ‘those who come out on the streets come to die’, hinted at his arrogance.

“In democracy, every individual has the right to dissent but this government does not want any one to air their views,” he alleged.

The SP chief further said: “Law and order in the state has gone from bad to worse. Incidents of rape are being reported almost every day but the CM says that crime is under control. Fed up with the lies of the present regime, people will vote for the Samajwadi Party in next assembly elections.”