UP Election 2022: Priyanka's 'astrologer' swipe after Akhilesh's 'zero seat' barb

Days after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav dismissed Congress out of UP's political battle, saying that the party will get "zero seats", Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi hit back.

"Akhilesh Yadav might be an astrologer that he feels Congress will get 0 seats, we'll see what happens," Priyanka, who is leading the Congress campaign in UP, shot back.

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"The Congress is not in competition this time. They are here only for advertisement. It is possible that they may get zero seats," Yadav had told reporters last week.

Congress and SP have been targeting each other frequently. Priyanka Gandhi had earlier accused Akhilesh of running a "casteist" and "criminal" government.

Priyanka Gandhi has been trying to rebuild the Congress in India's largest state where it has been out of power for over three decades.

Congress and SP had formed an alliance in the last Assembly polls which ended up in a disaster.