Ghaziabad: Campaigning to end on Wednesday, all parties hopeful of victory
Hindustan TimesAs campaigning for phase 2 of Lok Sabha election draws to a close on Wednesday, the different political parties, armed with their social engineering assessment results, are claiming a victory in Ghaziabad. From the Muslim community, we are expecting about 50% votes,” BSP district president Dayaram Sain said. Congress leaders in Ghaziabad have also drawn out their caste-based estimates and said they hope to get about 80% of 300,000 Brahmin votes, and about 70-80% of Muslim votes. Our leader Rahul Gandhi has raised the issue of caste-based Census while our ally and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has also talked much about Pichda, Dalit and Alpsankhyaks,” said Vinit Tyagi, district president, Congress. In his speeches in Modinagar and Pilkhuwa, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath had spoken of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and its deity “Ram Lalla” in an effort to galvanise Hindu votes.