Moradabad (UP):- Congress leaders in Uttar Pradesh have alleged that the BJP, BSP and SP have divided the people of the state on caste and community lines.
Addressing a gathering after the party’s three-day bus yatra – “27 saal, UP behaal” reached here last night, a delegation of leaders comprising Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Raj Babbar, Pramod Tiwari and Mohd Afzal, also urged people to vote in favour of the party in the upcoming mayoral elections and Assembly polls.
“The state was socially disorganised and has been divided among castes and communities during the successive governments of BJP, BSP and Samajwadi Party for the last 27 years,” they alleged.
Party’s state campaign committee chief Sanjay Singh said the yatra will be followed by a meeting of the state unit chaired by party vice president Rahul Gandhi in Lucknow.
“The yatra will speak about the failure and misgovernance of successive governments in the last 27 years,” Singh said.
It has departed to Rampur and Bareilly this morning.
The yatra, covering around 600 km, was flagged off by party chief Sonia Gandhi and her deputy Rahul Gandhi yesterday from the party headquarters at Akbar Road and its top leaders will address it en route.
PTI
