‘Jancha, Parkha, Khara’ (Tried, Tested, Pure) scream the hoardings with trade minister Satish Mahana’s face in Maharajpur, Kanpur. The seven-time-MLA, who has received constantly from right here for the final 30 years, appears set for one more cakewalk, however he has one other query to reply as the individual in cost of getting industries to Uttar Pradesh – the place are the jobs?
“Who says jobs did not come to UP? Industries and jobs are complementary to each other. Industry will come, jobs will come. UP was earlier the last preferred area for industrialists because, at that time, gundagardi was there, ransom was there, kidnappings were there. Why are Brahmos and Samsung coming to UP now? The major change is in law and order. Electricity is now provided,” Mahana instructed News18 amidst hectic campaigning in Maharajpur on Monday.
Akhilesh Yadav has been attacking the Yogi Adityanath authorities over unemployment and has promised 1 crore jobs in UP by 2027 if he involves energy.
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He mentioned that Samsung transferring its Display Unit manufacturing unit from China to UP throughout the pandemic was a terrific achievement.
“We allotted them land and this is one of the largest factories as far as Samsung is concerned. They are manufacturing in UP and exporting to the world. I went to Singapore before the pandemic in 2019. I asked industries to come to UP, they said we are going to Bengaluru… we hardly come to North India. Now they land in Delhi and come to UP. After 2.5 years, they will land at Jewar airport and stay back in UP,” Mahana instructed News18.
He additionally made gentle of the Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Choudhary tie-up, saying earlier additionally the “do ladke – Akhilesh aur Rahul Gandhi” had an identical slogan, however folks rejected them.
“Jayant is the same person who once said jis gaadi pe SP ka jhanda, usme baitha gunda,” Mahana mentioned, including that the BJP is assured of having carried out nicely in west UP because it delivered on regulation and order. In Kanpur’s 10 Assembly seats, the BJP holds seven seats and appears in a great place on all mentioned seats.
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Mahana, 61, reminisced to a crowd at a public assembly in Maharajpur that three generations of folks in the seat have voted for him. Women thronged to Mahana for selfies, and so did children. “In my constituency, people and I, we are made for each other. Whatever they expect of me, I do that. Their support is the power and booster dose for me to work for them. People over here don’t treat me as a neta or a minister — I’m a family member for them. Women call me bhaiyya here. The bhaiyya word is bigger for me than any post,” Mahana instructed News18.
But difficult Satish Mahana’s 30-year-long reign from this seat is Samajwadi Party’s Fateh Bahadur Singh Gill, a political debutant who was arrested by police for protesting exterior Mahana’s home in Kanpur on October 2. “I went to protest there with roses but Mahana got me arrested and got the Goonda Act imposed on me and I was sent to jail. Akhilesh Yadav has now given me the ticket to end Mahana’s reign,” mentioned Gill. The seat has some Sikh inhabitants.
However, Mahana challenged this model of occasions and confirmed News18 a video of the mentioned incident. “Gill came to my house and started abusing me. I did not do anything, it was the administration’s job, they took care of it. I did not file report against any of those people. I think that was the only criteria which made him get the SP ticket that he came to my house and abused me,” Mahana mentioned. He pressured that he by no means speaks unwell of any candidate put up in opposition to him.
To the crowd, Mahana normally strikes a private chord and mentioned his space had the greatest services than even the poshest areas of Kanpur. “Earlier, electricity did not come, now it never goes. Women and girls are safe. Akhilesh Yadav misguided people on vaccine, by linking it to the BJP. Now whoever took the vaccine said they will vote for the BJP,” Mahana mentioned.
He added that in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee was disliking ‘Jai Sri Ram’ slogans and now she was supporting Akhilesh in UP.
At his election workplace, Mahana’s aides mentioned they’re working in direction of the goal of making him ballot 2 lakh votes in the seat which has round 3.7 lakh voters and might even see round 2.8 lakh votes being polled. “Our fight is with nobody. Our fight is only with our target of polling 2 lakh votes,” his aides mentioned.
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