BJP headed for setback in UP: Sachin Pilot

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot claimed on Tuesday said that BJP is "heading for a huge setback" in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh.The party general-secretary also said that Rahul Gandhi’s win from Rae Bareli will work as a boost for the INDIA bloc in Uttar Pradesh.

Pilot said the two Lok Sabha seats of Amethi and Raebareli are different as the electorate is very pro-Congress and no matter who the BJP fields, the Congress will win both the seats by a "huge margin".

He said in the adjoining Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, the Congress which has fielded a grassroots worker, Sharma and who has worked in the area for over 40 years will be the winner.

Asked about the BJP's charge that Gandhi "ran away" from Amethi fearing defeat, Pilot said the former Congress president had been at the forefront of taking on this government in the last 10 years from day one, be it inside Parliament or outside.

"He (Gandhi) has not left a single issue and in fact it is he who has led the charge from the front. That is why the BJP is forced to respond to his attack on them on corruption, favouritism, crony capitalism, black money," the Congress leader said.

Gandhi has taken the government head on and the BJP and the government of India had to respond because he is the one who has fearlessly fought this battle for the Opposition from day one until today, Pilot asserted.

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