New Delhi: Taking another dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday remarked that the ruling party was only doing “tongue challan” (lip service) and “jeep chadha” (jeep chalana). knows how to cut grass. people below).
He also claimed that the tenure of the BJP government was “full of failures”, news agency PTI reported.
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“The truth is that the BJP knows only two things – ‘jeeb chaalana’ (lip service) and ‘jeep chadhana’ (crushing people). Crushing people and suppressing their voice is their (BJP’s) agenda,” SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said while addressing workers at the party headquarters in Lucknow.
He further claimed that the tenure of the BJP government was “full of failures”, alleging that the state lagged behind with runaway inflation and high unemployment due to the ruling party’s “wrong policies”.
“The entire tenure of the BJP government has been full of failures. Due to the wrong policies of the BJP government, Uttar Pradesh lagged behind and there was no control on inflation, unemployment. Law and order also deteriorated,” a statement from the party quoted Akhilesh as saying.
He also alleged that “the BJP government has not done any work in the public interest. BJP is a strange party which is making tall claims without doing anything. The double engine government of the BJP has harassed every section of the society and has not done anything itself, but the Samajwadi Party is appearing in advertisements describing the work of the government as its own.
Speaking about the crucial 2022 UP assembly election, the SP chief said that the elections will decide the course of national politics and will also be a testing time for democracy.
In addition, Akhilesh Yadav also cautioned party workers on the BJP’s “possible conspiracies”, saying: “We have to beware of possible conspiracies of the BJP. Since the BJP is very clever, this time there should be no mistake and SP workers and The leaders need to mobilize themselves up to the booth level.
He declared that the problems of the people will end and the interests of farmers and youth will be protected only when the SP government is formed in the state.
The Lakhimpur Kheri violence, which was widely condemned, claimed the lives of eight people, including four farmers.
BJP leader and Union Minister of State (Home) Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish was arrested in connection with the case last week after he was accused of ramming farmers with his vehicle. The minister defended his son, calling him “innocent”.
Ashish and others have been named in the FIR registered in this case.
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