Turning to West Bengal, Yadav alleged that the Assembly election had been “looted” and that votes had been manipulated through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls carried out ahead of the polls.
“We, in the INDIA alliance, will not stop,” he said. Yadav also claimed that the Opposition’s failure to form the government in Uttar Pradesh in 2022 had been due to the alleged electoral theft.
Taking another swipe at the BJP, he said those who had once spoken of making India a “Vishwaguru” were now occupied with manipulating electoral rolls. He asserted that the people would come forward to save democracy, and that the movement would begin in Uttar Pradesh.
Yadav said the turnout at the rally had turned Ramlila Maidan into the “Haldighati of democracy”, adding that “parivartan” — change — could arrive at any time. “Those who came to power through UP will be ousted from there. And ‘UP wallahs’ (people), who are good at welcoming, are better at giving send-offs,” he said.
The Battle of Haldighati, fought in 1576 in a narrow mountain pass in Rajasthan’s Aravalli Range, was a major engagement between the Mewar Kingdom and the Mughal Empire.
With PTI inputs
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