Sultanpur/Raebareli (UP), Nov 13 (PTI) While a Samajwadi Party leader on Friday launched a poster campaign against the BJP over “crime and poor roads” in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur, hoardings accusing AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Chandrashekhar Azad of “working at the BJP’s behest” have appeared in Raebareli.
SP state spokesperson and former MLA Anoop Sanda said the party had launched a campaign to put up 10,000 posters at more than 100 locations across eastern UP under the slogan “Uttar Pradesh Bachao”.
The posters target the BJP government over alleged crimes against women and children, atrocities against Dalits, organised crime and road accidents, with the party citing National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data to support its allegations.
Sanda said the posters had been put up in Sultanpur, Jaunpur, Amethi, Pratapgarh, Basti, Gonda and Azamgarh, among other places. The campaign seeks to challenge the BJP’s claims of an improvement in law and order since it came to power in the state in 2017.
In Raebareli, hoardings targeting Owaisi and Azad have appeared at Bargad Chauraha, Gora Bazaar and near Ratapur, including along highways.
The hoardings carry the name of Rahul Nirmal ‘Baghi’, state secretary of the Samajwadi Party’s Lohia Vahini.
He said the hoardings had been put up by him and accused Owaisi and Azad of “working at the BJP’s behest”. Images of the hoardings have also circulated on social media.
The development comes a day after Owaisi and Azad announced the formation of the Samajik Parivartan Morcha for the 2027 UP Assembly elections. The two leaders invited the SP, Congress and other parties to join the front, saying it “aimed to prevent the BJP from returning to power for a third consecutive term” and provide a political platform to deprived, oppressed and marginalised communities.
Sultanpur and Raebareli are politically significant districts, with 10 Assembly constituencies between them and Raebareli also being a prominent Congress stronghold. PTI COR KIS
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