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Yogi Adityanath Emerges As Main Target In Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhary's Mahapanchayat Held In Mathura
- Leaders from other parties from other states also joined Chaudhary in the event.
Abhay Singh Chautala and Jayant Chaudhary at the Mathura 'mahapanchayat' (Twitter/@AbhaySChautala)
Angered by the police lathi attacks on him during protests against the alleged gangrape, and murder of a Dalit girl, Jayant Chaudhary also protested against the agriculture policies of the centre.
Reportedly, he raised a slogan before the crowds: "Uttar Pradesh se bair nahin, Yogi ki khair nahin." In "Yogi ki khair nahin", he seems to have taken some inspiration from the slogans raised against former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje before the assembly polls and around the end of her term in the state.
Interestingly, Chaudhary's slogan refrained from attacking the police and mentioned that his supporters are not against the state police.
Workers of Samajwadi Party joined the Kisan Bachaao Loktantra Bachao Mahapanchayat. MLC from the Samajwadi Sanjay Lathar told the local media that many Samajwadi Party workers have joined the rally.
Chaudhary has expressed serious concerns on farmer-related issues. He described Mathura as the karmabhoomi of his grandfather Chaudhary Charan Singh and said that he will fight to uproot the Adityanath-led government in UP. He said that women are not safe in the state.
A similar mahapanchayat was held in Muzaffarnagar, UP.
