Those defaming ‘pink cap’ compelled to put on a cap: Akhilesh Yadav’s swipe at PM Modi

By PTI

JAUNPUR: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying those that had been “defaming” the SP’s pink cap have been “forced by people” to put on a cap, though of a distinct color.

Yadav made the remark at an election rally right here apparently referring to Prime Minister Modi donning a saffron cap throughout his roadshow in Varanasi on Friday.

This can be being seen as a response to Modi’s assault on the Samajwadi Party final December when he had stated in Gorakhpur that folks with pink caps — the SP’s ballot image — are “red alert” for Uttar Pradesh.

Yadav stated on Saturday, “Those who have been defaming our caps have been forced by the people of Uttar Pradesh to wear a cap. It is another thing that they have changed the colour of their cap.”

Yadav was addressing the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls’ final election assembly in Malhani constituency in favour of the Samajwadi Party’s Lucky Yadav.

The two-month-long campaigning in Uttar Pradesh ended this night.

The seventh and last section of voting within the state can be held on March 7.

Counting of votes can be held on March 10.

Attacking the BJP and PM Modi over the saffron color cap, Yadav stated they maintain altering their color.

Appealing to folks to vote for Lucky Yadav, the previous chief minister stated, “I feel that people of Malhani are going to vote for the Samajwadi Party in a big way, and demolish the rivals.”