Shah lays out UP poll agenda: UCC & Hindutva

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed BJP's state executive meeting in Lucknow, outlining his party's agenda for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections. He pledged to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) if his party returns to power, referencing the 1990 firing on Ram devotees in Ayodhya to contrast the BJP's Hindutva approach with the Samajwadi Party's perceived actions. Shah praised Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's law-enforcement record and the implementation of central welfare schemes in Uttar Pradesh.

Addressing party workers, Shah urged them to set aside doubts and distractions, focusing their efforts solely on securing a victory for the BJP. He emphasized the need for unity within the party, likening the BJP's position in Uttar Pradesh to Arjuna's unwavering focus on a bird's eye. Shah claimed that the government would form again, as the party would win a third consecutive term in the Assembly elections next year.

The BJP leader also targeted the Samajwadi Party, particularly its president Akhilesh Yadav, predicting that the latter's leadership would remain out of power in the state for the next 30 years. Shah asserted that Uttar Pradesh would never forgive the SP for the firing on Ram devotees in Ayodhya and that people would not forget even the third generation of SP leaders.