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PILIBHIT: In a scathing attack on the incumbent BJP-led government, Samajwadi Party leader Hemraj Verma accused the saffron party of leveraging valour of armed forces for their political gains.In a press conference, on Wednesday, Verma said, “The SP-BSP alliance will fight the polls on the issue of development unlike the BJP which is trying to cash on the bravery of our Army.”He slammed Maneka Gandhi and her son Varun Gandhi holding them responsible for the abysmal pace of development of the Pilibhit district On being asked about the swapping of Pilibhit and Sultanpur seats between the mother and son duo, he said, “The seats have been interchanged as both of them failed to deliver on their promise of development.”SP leader and former cabinet minister Riaz Ahmad, SP’s district president Anand Singh Yadav, BSP district president Chandra Shekhar and SP’s former legislature from Puranpur constituency, Peetam Ram were also present on the occasion..