Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, on Monday, said his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath is unlikely to return to power after the next assembly elections.
The Chhattisgarh observed that there is anti-incumbency in UP and added that various sections of people are not happy with the BJP government in that state.
According to news agency ANI, Baghel said, "There is anti-incumbency in the state. From farmers, youth, scheduled community to traders, everyone is upset with the chief minister. Yogi govt will not retain power."
Baghel had, on Sunday, called Adityanath a "coward" and claimed that he was "scared" of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Baghel had said he had heard and believed that seers do not fear anyone but this Yogi proved to be a "big coward". "He is such a coward that he got afraid of a woman, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, that he did not allow her to go to Lakhimpur Kheri and kept her in jail for four days. The UP chief minister will be such a big coward, I never knew this," Baghel said.
"When I reached Lucknow from Raipur, I was not allowed to move out of the airport. When I said that I want to go to the UP Congress office and that I want to meet Priyanka Gandhi, I was told that I cannot go out of the airport. Such a coward and frightened person, I have not seen," Baghel had said.
—With PTI inputs
