Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday claimed that all the 80 parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh will be bagged by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Mr. Shah claimed that earlier there was an atmosphere of fear across western U.P., but now criminals and goons are fleeing the State under the BJP government.
Targeting the Opposition parties at a public rally in Moradabad, Mr. Shah said that every possible attempt is being made to divide the society on caste lines but voters in U.P. have made up their minds to give all the seats from the State to the BJP.
“In 2014 and 2019 [polls], Uttar Pradesh played the most important role in making Narendra Modi ji the Prime Minister of India. In 2014, Uttar Pradesh gave 73 seats to the BJP and in the last Lok Sabha the number was 65 seats. But this time around I am confident of getting all the 80 parliamentary seats,” Mr. Shah said.
