Addressing the rally in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said, "Two phases of polls in Uttar Pradesh have ended and Samajwadi Party has been wiped out completely. Western UP has done the work of laying the foundation of the BJP govt with more than 300 seats. In the third phase, this majority is to be made grander."
Earlier today while addressing the rally in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh SP chief Akhilesh Yadav also made same claims as Yogi's he said "Samajwadi Party and its alliances are way ahead of the BJP in both phases of polls... So far BJP was doing rallies on government's money including PWD, it has now come to notice that people are being called from outside to attend their rallies."
Meanwhile, the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections has been done successfully the district recorded a 59.87% turnout in votes. The first phase of polls covered 58 assembly constituencies across 11 districts of the state. These districts include Shamli, Meerut, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Aligarh, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar, and Mathura.
Also, the state today on 14th February is going to hold its second phase assembly elections. The second phase covers nine districts which are Moradabad, Rampur, Bareilly, Badaun, Saharanpur, Bijnor, Amroha, Sambhal, and Shahjahanpur. BJP and SP are the main competitors in the polls.