Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath launched a counter-attack on SP chief Akhilesh Yadav for questioning the former’s candidature from a “safe” seat, saying that the Gorakhpur constituency, which BJP has chosen for him to make his debut in the assembly polls, was not one which reflected the “dynastic and caste-based principles”. Akhilesh had wondered why Yogi had ‘returned’ to Gorakhpur, which he represented in the Lok Sabha for over two decades, when there was talk of him contesting from Ayodhya or Mathura.
In an interview to Times Now Navbharat, Yogi slammed Akhilesh for choosing for himself the Yadav-dominated Karhal constituency in Mainpuri, a bastion of the SP’s first family, saying: “Akhilesh has been the CM of the state. Of the 403 seats, why does he go to a constituency which is dominated by a particular caste?”
