BJP is strongest contender in UP: Rajnath

Raipur: Home Affairs Minister Rajnath Singh today claimed that the BJP has emerged as the strongest contender in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh even as infighting continued in the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP). “The BJP will maintain the tempo and emerge victorious with absolute majority.

The family feud in the SP shall have no impact on our electoral prospects,” the visiting politician said -- during a brief chat with journalists at the local airport -- while declining comment on the discord between SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and his Chief Minister-son Akhilesh. Later this evening, Mr Singh is scheduled to hold a meeting with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, Home Minister Ram Sewak Paikra and top officials of central armed police forces to review the Naxal issue. (UNI)