BJP govt resorting to vulgar display of power, says Akhilesh | India News
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LUCKNOW: In a pointed attack on the ruling BJP, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused it of blatant misuse of government machinery in panchayat polls and described it as “nanga naach” (vulgar display of authority). Without explaining much he went on to say “Ye Yogi nahi ho sakte (He cannot be a sage).
Training his guns at the government, the former UP CM said the BJP lost badly in the elections for panchayat members and village Pradhans where SP-backed candidates won the polls in a big way. “As a result, the government decided that it will not go by the mandate of the people and instead formulated a well thought out strategy where administrative and police officials got together with their political masters to intimidate, force, kidnap and attacks SP-backed winning candidates in the zila panchayat chairman and block chairman polls,” Akhilesh said. He also lambasted the BJP government over gross mismanagement and pathetic handling of the pandemic.
“Loktantra mein aisa nanga nach kisi sarkar ne nahi kiya hoga jitna Bharatiya Janata Party ne kiya hai (No other democratically elected government has ever resorted to such vulgar display of authority like the BJP government did),” he said. “The extent of lawlessness that prevailed was unimaginable,” he said, adding that administrative and police officials snatched away nomination papers of candidates and handed them over to BJP workers who publicly destroyed them.
He then talked about the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which “goons tried to publicly humiliate a woman panchayat member when they tried to pull her by her saree in order to stop her from supporting an SP-backed candidate to file her nomination papers. “Both the sisters came to meet me here and I assured them that Samajwadi Party will stand by them to protect their honour,” he said.
Akhilesh went on to talk about how viral videos have exposed the “gundagardi” (lawlessness) that prevailed during elections. To buttress his allegations of ‘anarchy’ that prevailed, he cited instances of a journalist being chased and beaten by an administrative officer in Unnao and Superintendent of Police (SP) Etawah talking to his senior on phone about him being slapped by BJP leaders, BJP MLA and his supporters who were carrying grenades.
In an apparent reference to festivities at the BJP headquarters that followed the joint press conference of the CM and the BJP state president after the announcement of results on Saturday, Akhilesh said: “After making a mockery of democracy, celebrations were held and sweets were served.”
The former UP CM went on to say, “Ye Yogi nahi ho sakte … maine kai mauquon par kaha hai aur phir dohrata hoon baat ko …. Ye yogi nahi hain …. Agar koi yogi hota to shayad Janata ko dukh nahi deta (He cannot be a Yogi … I have said it before and am saying it again …. had he been a Yogi, he couldn’t have caused so much pain to the people).”
‘What happened to BJP’s Sankalp Patra’
The SP chief reminded the government about the ‘Sankalp Patra’ (manifesto) that the party has released before the 2017 polls and asked if the farmer’s income had been doubled as promised. “Sankalp Patra does not have the CM’s photograph, perhaps that is why the document has been thrown away,” Akhilesh said adding that the last point on the first page of the document talks about a road map to double farmers income. “The first question that I want to ask the government is, has farmers’ income been doubled as promised by the BJP?” he said.
SP govt to get death Audit done
Responding to a specific media query on the audit of Covid deaths, Akhilesh said once the SP comes to power, the government will get an audit done and ‘help’ the families who have lost their loved ones to the pandemic. He said officials who have tried to fudge figures and the death toll will be dealt with. “The party has also prepared a list of officers who have crossed their limits in the panchayat elections,” he said. The government is hiding
BSP ex-MLA, Lok Sabha candidate join SP
Two Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) netas including ex-MLA from Etmadupur constituency in Agra, Dr Dharampal Singh and BSP candidate from Agra (Rural) in 2019 Lok Sabha polls Kunwar Chandra joined Samajwadi Party along with hundreds of their supporters. The two announced that they would work to strengthen the SP under the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav.
Training his guns at the government, the former UP CM said the BJP lost badly in the elections for panchayat members and village Pradhans where SP-backed candidates won the polls in a big way. “As a result, the government decided that it will not go by the mandate of the people and instead formulated a well thought out strategy where administrative and police officials got together with their political masters to intimidate, force, kidnap and attacks SP-backed winning candidates in the zila panchayat chairman and block chairman polls,” Akhilesh said. He also lambasted the BJP government over gross mismanagement and pathetic handling of the pandemic.
“Loktantra mein aisa nanga nach kisi sarkar ne nahi kiya hoga jitna Bharatiya Janata Party ne kiya hai (No other democratically elected government has ever resorted to such vulgar display of authority like the BJP government did),” he said. “The extent of lawlessness that prevailed was unimaginable,” he said, adding that administrative and police officials snatched away nomination papers of candidates and handed them over to BJP workers who publicly destroyed them.
He then talked about the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which “goons tried to publicly humiliate a woman panchayat member when they tried to pull her by her saree in order to stop her from supporting an SP-backed candidate to file her nomination papers. “Both the sisters came to meet me here and I assured them that Samajwadi Party will stand by them to protect their honour,” he said.
Akhilesh went on to talk about how viral videos have exposed the “gundagardi” (lawlessness) that prevailed during elections. To buttress his allegations of ‘anarchy’ that prevailed, he cited instances of a journalist being chased and beaten by an administrative officer in Unnao and Superintendent of Police (SP) Etawah talking to his senior on phone about him being slapped by BJP leaders, BJP MLA and his supporters who were carrying grenades.
In an apparent reference to festivities at the BJP headquarters that followed the joint press conference of the CM and the BJP state president after the announcement of results on Saturday, Akhilesh said: “After making a mockery of democracy, celebrations were held and sweets were served.”
The former UP CM went on to say, “Ye Yogi nahi ho sakte … maine kai mauquon par kaha hai aur phir dohrata hoon baat ko …. Ye yogi nahi hain …. Agar koi yogi hota to shayad Janata ko dukh nahi deta (He cannot be a Yogi … I have said it before and am saying it again …. had he been a Yogi, he couldn’t have caused so much pain to the people).”
‘What happened to BJP’s Sankalp Patra’
The SP chief reminded the government about the ‘Sankalp Patra’ (manifesto) that the party has released before the 2017 polls and asked if the farmer’s income had been doubled as promised. “Sankalp Patra does not have the CM’s photograph, perhaps that is why the document has been thrown away,” Akhilesh said adding that the last point on the first page of the document talks about a road map to double farmers income. “The first question that I want to ask the government is, has farmers’ income been doubled as promised by the BJP?” he said.
SP govt to get death Audit done
Responding to a specific media query on the audit of Covid deaths, Akhilesh said once the SP comes to power, the government will get an audit done and ‘help’ the families who have lost their loved ones to the pandemic. He said officials who have tried to fudge figures and the death toll will be dealt with. “The party has also prepared a list of officers who have crossed their limits in the panchayat elections,” he said. The government is hiding
BSP ex-MLA, Lok Sabha candidate join SP
Two Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) netas including ex-MLA from Etmadupur constituency in Agra, Dr Dharampal Singh and BSP candidate from Agra (Rural) in 2019 Lok Sabha polls Kunwar Chandra joined Samajwadi Party along with hundreds of their supporters. The two announced that they would work to strengthen the SP under the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav.
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