Red caps are ‘red alert’ for Uttar Pradesh: PM Modi targets Samajwadi Party

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav at a rally in Meerut on Tuesday. Pic/PTI

Taking a swipe at the Samajwadi Party ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday equated "red cap" with "red alert" for the state.

Addressing a gathering after launching three projects, including an AIIMS, Modi said, "Today, the entire UP very well knows that those wearing red caps are concerned about red beacon [laal batti] and they are not bothered about your pain and sorrows." "The red cap people want power to commit scams, fill their coffers, indulge in illegal grabbing [of resources] and to give complete freedom to the mafia," he said.

Stepping up his attack on the rival ahead of the assembly polls next year, he said, "The red cap people want to form government to show favour to terrorists and to free them from jail. Hence, you should remember that those wearing red caps are red alert for UP, in other words alarm bells." SP chief Akhilesh Yadav retorted saying those wearing red caps, a trademark headgear of his party members, are "red alerts" also for the BJP.

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