SP, BSP are experts in spreading canards and lies: Shivpal Yadav

Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party President Shivpal Singh Yadav who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from the Firozabad parliamentary constituency, against his nephew and sitting Samajwadi Party MP Akshay Yadav, cautioned people against the SP-BSP combine, saying that the alliance partners were 'experts in spreading canards and lies'.

Firozabad (UP): Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) President Shivpal Singh Yadav on Friday, cautioned the people against the SP-BSP combine and termed the alliance partners as 'experts in spreading canards and lies'.

"There is a need to be cautious of the SP-BSP alliance as they are experts in spreading canards and lies. The alliance is betraying all sections of the society, including farmers, youth, businessmen, women and minorities," he said, while addressing an election meeting, here.

Shivpal Yadav, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from the Firozabad parliamentary constituency against his nephew and sitting Samajwadi Party MP Akshay Yadav, said that the development (in the area) was his top priority.

He further added that people of Firozabad have to protect the glass industry and accused the sitting MP of ignoring issues faced by the people in the constituency. He also said that, if elected, he would set up a colony for labourers working in Bengal factories and focus towards accelerating small industries and transforming the city into an employment hub.

Earlier, Shivpal Yadav spent time with people in the Gandhi Park area here, discussing various issues with them and later visited two temples.