Another round of poster war is underway in Uttar Pradesh where Assembly polls are slated to be held in 2017. Posters put up by the minority wing of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gorakhpur district shows local MP Yogi Adityanath riding a tiger, while leaders such as state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin Owaisi and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi are seen riding donkeys. "Abki baar Yogi sarkar" screams the poster, borrowing a phrase from the immensely popular slogan, "Abki baar Modi sarkar", used by the BJP in the run-up to the general elections in 2014.
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