UP Polls: SP Promises Rs 5 Lakh Compensation For People Who Die From Bull Attacks

Mumbai: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday promised a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the families of all those who lost their lives in bullfighting if voted to power after the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

“If a person dies in a bull-fighting accident, Rs 5 lakh compensation will be given by the SP government,” the party said in a tweet.

Assembly elections are due in the state next year. In the 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party won 312 seats out of the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh Assembly while Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 47 seats, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) won 19 and Congress could manage to win only seven seats. The rest of the seats were bagged by other candidates.

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