Prime Minister Modi also took a jibe at the Samajwadi Party, which is a member of the INDIA bloc and an election partner of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh.”The situation of SP (Samajwadi Party) in Uttar Pradesh is such that here they have to change their candidates every hour, whereas the situation of Congress is even more strange. The Congress is not getting candidates at all,” Prime Minister Modi said.”Even on the seats, which the Congress considered as its stronghold, it is not able to muster the courage to field candidates,” he added, apparently referring to the Congress strongholds of Amethi and Rae Bareli.Without taking the names of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Prime Minister Modi said, “You might remember here in Uttar Pradesh that the film featuring two boys (‘do ladke’), which had flopped last time, the film of two boys has been re-released by these people.” “I do not understand how many times these INDI alliance members will put the wooden pot (on fire)?” he added.The Congress and the Samajwadi Party had also contested the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections together.According to the election schedule, eight parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will vote in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 19.These are Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina (SC), Moradabad, Rampur and Pilibhit. The counting of votes will be held on June 4.(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
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