Yatras by opposition parties a poll gimmick: BSP

Hathras: Ruling BSP on Sunday ridiculed opposition BJP and Samajwadi Party for bringing out rallies in the poll-bound state saying they only "intend to befool the people".

"The state is witnessing a number of yatras taken out by BJP and SP," BSP state president Swami Prasad Maurya told a gathering.

"These parties were taking out rath-yatras to befool people and grab their votes in the 2012 Assembly elections," Maurya said.

He said Chief Minister Mayawati had initiated a number of welfare projects for the people to ensure the maximum development of the state unlike these parties.