Akhilesh Yadav slams Yogi Govt for alleged voter suppression in UP bye-elections
Yadav warned that a new and troubling form of democracy was emerging in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP rule.
Yadav warned that a new and troubling form of democracy was emerging in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP rule.
A day after polling concluded for nine assembly by-elections, Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav wrote a letter on Thursday thanking the people of Uttar Pradesh for maintaining their morale despite alleged administrative pressure during voting.
“Earlier, engines were colliding; now, even the coaches of the so-called ‘double-engine government’ are clashing. After the Maharashtra elections, their own people will undermine the foundations of those who raised hollow slogans,” he remarked.
He said that those who gave the slogan 'One Nation, One Election' are now unable to even conduct a single examination, despite promising to hold record examinations.
The SP chief said despite all its efforts, the BJP government failed the break agitating students and had to bow in front of them passing the buck to the officials of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission.
As the death of Mangesh Yadav in an encounter with the police continued to be in the limelight Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav accused the Uttar Pradesh Police of fake encounters.
Welcoming the bail granted to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Supreme Court in the excise policy scam, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav called it a victory for the Constitution.
Blaming Akhilesh Yadav for the breakup of the alliance, the BSP chief said, “I had publicly said that the SP chief had stopped answering my phone (calls), regarding which he has now given a clarification after so many years."
Releasing the CCTV footage of the robbery at Bharat Jewelers in Sultanpur that took place before the encounter, DGP Prashant Kumar said whatever action has been taken by the police has been taken keeping in mind Supreme Court’s guidelines.
"I was in Azamgarh when the alliance broke. There were BSP leaders on the stage, I asked them why they broke the alliance? But now she is making allegations to hide her shortcomings," he told the media.
