Bringing Priyanka Gandhi as campaigner won't help Congress in UP polls: BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today alleged that the 'bad product' Congress would gain nothing in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls despite desperate efforts to win the trust of the voters.

Snubbing the Congress, BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh said "After Rahul Gandhi's 'Khaat Yatra', the Congress is bringing Priyanka Gandhi in front of everyone thinking that this move would be helpful but this is not going to help them anyhow. The Congress is a bad product no matter how beautifully they wrap themselves from outside nothing is going to happen."

He further said the people of Uttar Pradesh have rejected the Congress and have now decided to vote for the BJP for the state's development.

The Congress, which is making all efforts to win the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, yesterday announced Priyanka Gandhi's election campaign.

This move came days after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi held 26-day long 'Kisan Yatra' in Uttar Pradesh to woo the voters ahead of the assembly polls scheduled next year.

Priyanka will begin her campaign with an event in Allahabad on 19 November on the birth anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.

Commenting on the merger of Samajwadi Party with gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's Quami Ekta Dal (QED), Singh said that this exposed the true face of the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led party, which has only one agenda of conquering the throne of Lucknow yet again.

"The drama, which was going on in the Samajwadi Party, has now been revealed in front of everyone. It is clear that they are taking criminals and mafias in their party to win the upcoming elections and they don't want any development of the state and have nothing to offer," Singh added.

Earlier this week, SP leader Shivpal announced the merger of Mukhtar Ansari's QED merger with his party. This came barely three months after Akhilesh Yadav raised objection that he did not want people like Ansari in his party.

--ANI