Prayagraj, June 26 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday lashed out at Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav and said that the BJP will repeat the 2017 performance in the upcoming 2027 assembly elections.

He also accused the INDIA alliance of "misleading" the public in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the State.

"In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party, sitting in the lap of Congress, achieved a fleeting success by misleading the public. The public has now awakened... In 2027, we will repeat 2017 in Uttar Pradesh. The arrogance that Akhilesh Yadav has due to his reliance on goons will no longer work in Uttar Pradesh, as their hooliganism will not be tolerated," Maurya told reporters here.

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