Talking to Senior Editor Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary talks about the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh elections and the party alliances taking form in the state. In the interview, he speaks of how the BJP invited him to come along only to mislead angry farmers, of the youth that were beaten up for seeking employment in UP, and how protesting farmers were insulted and humiliated at Ghazipur border.

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