Uttar Pradesh polls: Rivals will get electric shock, says Narendra Modi

New Delhi: As Uttar Pradesh entered the last leg of campaigning for the seventh and final phase of polling, leaders scaled up their pitch to hit out at each other.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Mirzapur that his rivals would get “electric shocks” when the results are announced on March 11.

“Akhilesh has dared me to touch an electric wire to find out whether power is really there or not. His new friend Rahul Gandhi, during his ‘khaat sabha’. had touched a wire and told Ghulam Nabi Azad that there was nothing to worry as there is no power in the line,” Mr Modi said.

This was in response to Mr Akhilesh Yadav allegedly daring Mr Modi to touch an electric wire; Mr Yadav has since denied he said any such thing.

In Ghazipur, Mr Yadav countered Mr Modi’s claim of a conspiracy in a recent train accident in Kanpur, and alleged that the BJP was using to seek votes.

“Our railway minister could not take care of Kanpur tracks and gave a false report to the PM that Pakistan’s ISI had damaged the tracks,” he said.

BSP president Mayawati also attacked the BJP saying its own cadre would teach its leaders a lesson for fielding baagi (rebels) and daagi (tainted) candidates in UP.