Akhilesh Yadav’s comments come as the BJP maintains attacks on SP because of its criminal record.
Suar, Uttar Pradesh:
Criticizing the BJP for blaming the Samajwadi Party for lawlessness under previous governments in Uttar Pradesh, former Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said the BJP was trying to defraud voters by lying.
“NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) data should be out. Today, UP is #1 in crimes against women, #1 in incarceration deaths, #1 in numbers. amount of notice received from the National Human Rights Commission Mr. Yadav told NDTV at an election rally in Suar, holding the vote on Monday.
“Have you heard of an IPS office running away anywhere else? And they’re pointing the finger at us about law and order?” The head of the Samajwadi Party said, stressing that the BJP’s accusations against his party of promoting crime will not succeed.
“How can you forget what happened in Hathras? What did the police and government do. What happened in Lakhimpur? What happened to an Apple employee in Lucknow? He was murdered A businessman was beaten to death in Gorakhpur. Everyone remember all this,” he said.
“The way people go to vote … in the first stage, they just say they’re against the government. And so will the second and third phases,” Mr. Yadav said.
His comments come as the BJP continues to attack the Samajwadi Party for its criminal records.
Union Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah said Akhilesh Yadav had lost sleep after the first round of voting and the BJP was on track to win more than 300 of the 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, which will vote in seven phases until March 7 with results on March 10.
“Akhilesh Yadav asked what was done in Uttar Pradesh. I want to tell him that BJP has restored the rule of law and maintained law and order in the state. We have reduced all crime and cleared abandoned the rule of the goons and mafia in the state,” he added.
