Union Home Minister Amit Shah has heavily criticised the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Congress alliance. Shah, during an election rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj, called Congress a ‘factory of lies’. He also accused Akhilesh Yadav of finding families even in castes.

HM Shah also highlighted the issue of Ram Mandir construction. He, at a rally supporting BJP candidate Rajveer Singh, praised former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh as a well-wisher of the backward classes. Shah stated that Kalyan Singh had dedicated his life to the welfare of the backward classes and the salvation of the Ram temple.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shah said, fulfilled the objective of constructing the Ram temple. According to him, there are two camps: one that fired on Ram devotees and another that built the Ram temple, hinting at the time when, back in 1992, Mulayam Singh Yadav allegedly ordered police to fire on Karsevaks in Ayodhya.