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Akhilesh Yadav's Sharp Reply to BJP's '20-Crore Vanity Van' Taunt
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News18•25-09-2026, 15:16
Akhilesh Yadav's Sharp Reply to BJP's '20-Crore Vanity Van' Taunt
- •A poster war erupted between BJP and SP over Akhilesh Yadav's PDA Rath Yatra ahead of the 2027 assembly elections.
- •BJP taunted SP's vanity van as a "20-crore" vehicle, questioning who built the roads it runs on.
- •Akhilesh Yadav challenged BJP, saying, "Give us 2-4 crore, we'll leave the chariot at your house."
- •He linked the PDA chariot to the Mahabharata's Kurukshetra and Bhagavad Gita, calling it a symbol of lessons.
- •Akhilesh Yadav accused the Election Commission of "vote theft" in the 2022 assembly elections, claiming SP would have won if votes of backward, Dalit, tribal, and minority voters hadn't been stolen.
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Akhilesh Yadav responded by telling critics to give him 15 lakh or 2-4 crore rupees less than the claimed value, and he would happily park or hand over the chariot and bus to them.
Akhilesh Yadav accused the Election Commission of vote theft, claiming they stole the votes of backward, Dalit, tribal, and minority voters, which cost the Samajwadi Party the 2022 assembly elections.
The Samajwadi Party officially started the PDA Rath Yatra on September 24, with the SP chief linking the chariot to the battlefield of Kurukshetra and the Bhagavad Gita.
