Akhilesh Yadav also said his wife Dimple Yadav may not contest the next Lok Sabha elections to blunt the nepotism charge that political opponents hurl at Samajwadi Party (SP), which he leads.
"Rahul Gandhi is so rattled by the Cambridge Analyitca expose that he daily tries to divert attention from it, yesterday it was the judiciary and today it is Namo App," BJP said.
Her statement came in the wake of BJP president Amit Shah's letter to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and the latter hitting back at him.
The TDP leader alleged that BJP had done graver injustice to Andhra Pradesh than the Congress, hitting back at Amit Shah's letter released earlier today.
"We are growing decently as an economy, but we are not creating jobs because those who have skills aren't getting access to finance and support," Gandhi said.
"I want to give a target for 2019 polls. We want to win more than 21 seats out of 25 seats from Northeast," Shah said addressing a rally of BJP booth unit chiefs.
Hitting out at the Congress, Shah said the party not only mismanaged the bifurcation but also showed zero sensitivity towards the Telugu people.
The court had convicted the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader in case relating to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from December 1995 to January 1996 from the Dumka treasury.
Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala alleged that Adityanath was emulating the British by ruling through the policy of "divide and rule".
The saffron party is assured of victory in eight of the ten seats going by its dominant numbers in the state assembly along with its allies.
Responding to concerns raised by members during a discussion in the state Assembly, Adityanath asserted the provisions related to reservations were not being done away with.
The London-based elections consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica, which engages in data mining and analysis for electoral processes, has been accused of harvesting and using the Facebook data of millions of users.
Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that Cambridge Analytica had been accused of using "sex, sleaze and fake news" to influence elections and asked if the Congress too planned to walk the same path.
The quasi-judicial authority had made these written observations and confirmed an ED order for attachment of Rs 1.16 crore assets in the name of Karti Chidambaram and the firm.
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also rejected the Congress' claim that it had never used the services of Cambridge Analytica, and insisted that the opposition party and Gandhi did do it.
"Problem: 39 Indians dead; Govt on the mat, caught lying. Solution: Invent story on Congress & Data Theft. Result: Media networks bite bait; 39 Indians vanish from radar. Problem solved," Gandhi tweeted on Thursday.
Stalin said the certain aspects of the Terms of Reference for the 15th Finance Commission will affect equitable distribution of the central tax revenue to the states.
The Congress also hit back alleging that the "BJP's factory of fake news has produced one more fake product", and accused it of hiring the firm's services in several elections, including in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Sidhu, who had joined BJP in 2004, switched political allegiance to Congress just ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections in 2017.
Expressing confidence that the ruling party would win the polls because of unity and hard work of its cadres, Gandhi requested the people to bless him with their support as they did to his grandmother.
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