Sensing defeat, SP has fielded ‘scapegoat’ from Budaun: BJP candidate Shakya

PTI, May 4, 2024, 6:37 PM IST

Sensing defeat in its hitherto stronghold Budaun, which has already been breached in the last general elections, the Samajwadi Party has fielded a “scapegoat” from the constituency with a sizeable Yadav population, the BJP candidate against Shivpal Singh Yadav’s son has claimed

“As of now, in Uttar Pradesh, there is no bastion of anyone (political party). It is the lotus (BJP’s election symbol), whose bastion is seen everywhere. Be it Azamgarh, Kannauj or Rampur, which they (Samajwadi Party) used to consider their bastions, all have been breached.

“They even used to term Budaun as their bastion, but in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, they lost it despite the SP-BSP alliance,” BJP nominee Durgvijay Singh Shakya told PTI in an interview.