Over BJP's announcement of UP CM Yogi Adityanath contesting the upcoming Assembly election from Gorakhpur Urban, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said the BJP has already sent Adityanath home. He said, "I'm happy that...BJP has already sent him home [Gorakhpur] even before [polls] though people would've done it." "This time, the [SP] will win all...Assembly seats in Gorakhpur," Akhilesh added.