On Sunday, Akhilesh used the identical acronym to assault the BJP.
Lucknow:
Responding to Union House Minister Amit Shah’s jibe towards his celebration, Samajwadi Occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday attacked the BJP saying it stands for conceitedness, lies, and inflation.
Mr Akhilesh’s response got here a day after Mr Shah’s speech in Azamgarh, wherein he termed the SP as a celebration that stands for “Jinnah, Azam Khan and Mukhtar (Ansari)”, giving it the acronym ‘JAM’.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has in previous used ‘JAM’ as a shorthand to publicise his imaginative and prescient of getting a ‘Jan Dhan Checking account, Aadhaar, and Cell phone’ to each individual within the nation.
On Sunday, Akhilesh used the identical acronym to assault the BJP.
“For BJP, ‘J’ stands for ‘Jhooth’ (lie), ‘A’ stands for ‘Ahankaar(conceitedness), and ‘M’ stands for ‘Mahangaai’ (inflation),” he mentioned addressing a press convention in Kushinagar.
In his tackle, Akhilesh criticized the BJP for rising costs of petrol and diesel throughout the nation.
He alleged the BJP is pandering to the poor solely as a result of election is across the nook in Uttar Pradesh.
“If the BJP stays in energy, it (gas value) will contact Rs 150. They aren’t growing the value as election is not far away,” he mentioned.
“The poor are being given meals grains solely until the elections. They (BJP) are saying that it has been prolonged from Holi to Diwali,” he mentioned, including that if his celebration involves energy, meals can be accessible around the yr.
Addressing a rally within the SP bastion of Azamgarh on Saturday, Mr Shah had mentioned that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has rid the Purvanchal area of “mosquitoes and mafia”.
He claimed that whereas PM Modi strived to offer a “corruption-free” authorities, SP was inducting in its fold individuals like Mukhtar Ansari, a don-turned-politician.
“It’s best to inform me whether or not you need BJP’s JAM or SP’s JAM. These individuals can by no means work for the welfare of Uttar Pradesh. They take pleasure in dividing individuals on the premise of caste, inflicting riots, appeasement, and vote-bank politics,” Mr Shah had mentioned.
He attacked the SP chief but once more for naming Muhammad Ali Jinnah — the founding father of Pakistan — amongst different freedom fighters.
“There are such a lot of individuals from the minority group right here. Is there anybody right here who sees greatness in Jinnah,” Mr Shah had mentioned.
In an tackle in Hardoi on October 31, Akhilesh kicked up an argument when he mentioned Jinnah received his barristership from the identical place as did Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, and Jawaharlal Nehru, individuals who received India freedom.
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