Amit Shah lays out UP poll agenda: UCC and Hindutva

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday promised to implement UCC in Uttar Pradesh if voted back to power, invoking the Samajwadi Party government's firing on Ram devotees in Ayodhya to reinforce BJP's Hindutva pitch, at a time when caste equations are acquiring greater electoral significance in the state.

Shah praised CM Yogi Adityanath's law-and-order record and implementation of central welfare schemes, amid speculation over differences between the state leadership and the BJP's central leadership. Addressing BJP's state executive meeting in Lucknow, Shah asked party workers to put aside all doubts and distractions and focus single-mindedly on the party's victory.

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"BJP government in Uttar Pradesh is like Angad's foot. Nobody can move it. BJP is going to form the government again. There should be no doubt about it," he said.

Invoking Arjuna's unwavering focus on the bird's eye, Shah told party workers to put aside all doubts and distractions, tighten their belts and concentrate solely on BJP's victory in Uttar Pradesh.

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"This time, when the government comes to power, UCC will be implemented in Uttar Pradesh. UCC has already been implemented in many states," Shah said, expressing confidence that the BJP would return to power for a third consecutive term in next year's Assembly elections. He invoked the October 30, 1990, firing on kar sevaks in Ayodhya to target Samajwadi Party and draw a contrast with BJP's construction of the Ram Temple.

Shah claimed that incidents of dacoity, robbery, extortion and riots had declined significantly since Adityanath became CM. He also said Uttar Pradesh had recorded the best implementation of the Modi government's welfare schemes.

Taking a swipe at SP president Akhilesh Yadav, Shah said the party would remain out of power in the state for the next 30 years and that people would not forgive even the third generation of its leadership.