'Home Boys vs Outsider Modi': The pitch for Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav

January 24, 2017 20:28

The Congress has a sales pitch for Uttar Pradesh: "Apne ladkey, baahri Modi (Home Boys vs Outsider Modi)". The tagline offers Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress boss Rahul Gandhi as a package deal against the PM, who represents Varanasi in Parliament.

Congress sources said that the catchphrase has been offered for review to Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party after they finalised their alliance over the weekend. The symbiosis is based on the calculation that together, the parties stand a good chance of accruing the support of the Muslims, who constitute a formidable 18 per cent of the population and have traditionally voted for either the Congress or the Samajwadi Party.

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