We have had farmers' support and we will continue to have it: UP Deputy CM

'The 15-year rule of the BSP and the SP has made this state impoverished', said Maurya

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will win big in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya tells Nitin Kumar in an interview, as he takes on opposition leaders Akhilesh Yadav and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for ‘distortion’ of facts, and contests charges of corruption against the government. Edited excerpts:

You claim the BJP will retain power in UP with the same majority it had in 2017. Why do you think the state will vote for the BJP?

The electoral results in the past clearly show how our party (BJP) emerges victorious, notwithstanding all opposition parties contesting together against us