Western UP’s strong Muslim leader Imran Masood believes that the vote bank of BSP has shifted towards BJP this time. But he also says that in the end these votes are going to come back to the SP, because there is no other option. According to Masood vote shift BJP benefited.
He says that no one was surprised by the performance of the Congress in the UP assembly elections. It was already believed that the party was not in a fight. We tried to tell the ground reality to Priyanka Gandhi but could not succeed. He says that from day one, people were not seeing Congress in the fight. The party was completely out of the scene.
On the campaign Ladki Hoon Ladge Sakti Hoon, she said that many things look good on the poster but they do not have any effect on the ground. The slogan was the same. Despite the hard work of Priyanka Gandhi, the Congress could not make itself an alternative.
On the question of joining SP, Masood said that Akhilesh ji worked very hard. He also got the support of the people, but many such names lost the election which seemed to be winning. They say that elections should be conducted through ballot paper. There is a glitch in the EVMs. As long as the current system is in place, only the one whom Modi ji wants to see win will win.
On the question of his future, he said that he would remain with the SP. He will do as the party says. According to Masood, he had already decided that he did not want to contest the assembly elections. He left the Congress and went to the SP of his own free will and decided not to contest the elections according to his mind. Significantly, in 2014, Masood, who came into the limelight for his sharp remarks against PM Modi, was an important Congress leader. But just before the elections, he joined the SP. He said that this was necessary to defeat the BJP.