With Congress, we will get more than 300 seats in UP: Akhilesh Yadav

January 30, 2017 09:56

"I feel the people of UP want to vote the SP government back to power. People know that we deliver what we promise. We have fulfilled all the promises we made in the manifesto or we are working in that direction. Now we have a new manifesto and our government has a lot of credibility. Whether it is laptop distribution, Samajwadi pensions, roads, bridges. Kaam bolta hai (Our work speaks) (smiles)."

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav speaks to the Economic Times. Read the full interview here.

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