We do not need votes on basis of caste, creed and religion: Rajnath Singh

On the campaign trail in Uttar Pradesh Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday hit out at the Samajwadi Party and said that BJP seeks votes on the basis of humanity and justice onlyTaking forward Prime Minister Narendra Modis jibe at Akhilesh Yadavled party Red topi of SP spells red alert Singh said We do not want votes on the basis of caste creed and religion We seek votes only on the basis of justice and humanitySamajwadi Party is doing politics of polarisation They have crossed all limits to get the vote of a particular religion Votes from polarisation politics are not acceptable to us he addedLauding Yogi Adityanathled UP government Singh said The Samajwadi Party has to accept the fact that it was in their tenure only that so many riots took place They need to answer why did this happen And you all need to understand why no one could dare to riot under the rule of Bharatiya Janata PartyOne of the planks on which the BJP is reaching out to the people has been the drastic improvement in the law and order situation in the state since 2017Expressing confidence that the BJP will repeat the win of 2017 Singh said You all want Lakshmi ji wealth and prosperity to come home Lakshmi ji does not come on a cycle SP symbol she does not come on an elephant BSP symbol she does not move her hand congress symbol when Lakshmi ji comes she comes riding on a lotus BJP symbolAddressing the audience during a Prabhavi Matdaata Samvad effective voter dialogue program in Kasganj Mr Singh paid rich tributes to former Chief Minister and one of BJPs tallest leaders Kalyan SinghHe also coined a new term for Kasganj and said that it is Khasganj Special PlaceSingh further said that as a leader Kalyan Singh refused to open fire at the Kar Sevaks and chose to go to jail insteadHis contribution to the people of Uttar Pradesh was so special thats why the government of the day under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has bestowed the Padma Award on him he saidAs he signed off from the daylong campaign Singh said that this Uttar Pradesh assembly election which happens to be the prefinal to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be no ordinary election but a defining oneIt is from Uttar Pradesh that the largest chunk of 80 Lok Sabha seats comesRajnath Singhs younger son Pankaj Singh is in the electoral contest as he continues to contest from Gautam Budh Nagar where he is already sitting MLAUttar Pradesh goes into elections in seven phases with the first phase on February 10 and the last phase on March 7 The poll results would be declared on March 10This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever