Aligarh, Feb 5 : Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday attacked Bharatiya Janata Party and said that people are so angry with the “divisive policies” of the Yogi government that not only Aligarh but the voters of entire Uttar Pradesh will pull down the shutters on BJP office. At a press conference organised here, Akhilesh said, “There is so much anger in the public for the BJP government that 80 percent people have come with the SP and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance.
If any one has cheated the people most then it is the ‘double engine’ government.” Accusing BJP of destroying constitutional institutions he said, “BJP government is constructing a new Parliament building in Delhi, if they come to power again they might even change the Constitution. This UP election is to save the Constitution, democracy.” On a question on law and order situation in the state Akhilesh said that the situation of law and order of the state could be gauged from the fact that the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief are having maximum criminal cases against them and they themselves were withdrawing them.
Referring to Hathras rape case he said that not only a heinous crime was committed against a girl, she was not even given the last respect. “In Yogi rule maximum number of custodial deaths have come up in the last five years in UP,” he said. The SP chief said that under BJP rule, which had promised to double the income of the farmers and jobs to two crore youths, income of the people has been reduced to half and inflation has doubled. “People have not forgotten the crisis which emerged during Covid period when poor workers were forced to reach their homes on foot. People were deprived of medicines, beds in hospitals and oxygen,” he said. He said that the ‘double engine’ government has disappointed farmers the most. “Farmers were forced to sit on dharna for a year. When the farmers stood up against the farm laws with an eye on UP and Punjab elections the government withdrew them. We want to know why BJP people are in favour of withdrawing the farm laws,” he said.
Akhilesh said that the BJP government claims that it did MoUs of Rs 4.5 lakh crore, but where are they? “BJP people changed Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate, they want to change everything. This time the people want to change Chief Minister Baba (Yogi Adityanath),” he said. He said that the SP government gave pensions to poor women. “This time the pension amount will be hiked three times and Rs 1,500 will be given to the poor woman,” he announced.
Akhilesh said that the BJP government sold the airport and port and now they are preparing to sell railway stations and defence land. “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas is the most farce slogan,” he said. He said that jobs will come for youths after SP alliance comes to power in the state.
