‘Free hand’ to police responsible for poor law & order in Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday hit out on the Uttar Pradesh authorities over the alleged poor law and order state of affairs, claiming {that a} “free hand” given to police is responsible for it.

Charging the federal government with humiliating all sections of society, together with the youth, unemployed and political leaders, he mentioned hundreds of SP staff have been framed in pretend instances.

In an obvious reference to the 2 women who have been discovered useless in a area in Unnao, Mr. Yadav requested, “Who is responsible for it.” “When the government gives free hand to police, this is bound to happen. In the State where daughters are not safe, mothers are not safe who will invest there. Cases are being reported continuously from Badaun, Hathras and Unnao. A victim woman was cremated in the night in Hathras,” he mentioned.

He additionally claimed that a lot of custodial deaths and pretend encounters have taken place in the State. “Ever since this government came to power, fake encounters have started taking place,” he mentioned.

The SP chief mentioned that the Uttar Pradesh authorities has been repeatedly making claims on investments however these will not be seen on the bottom.

“This is the first government which is inaugurating the already inaugurated projects, laying the foundation stones of projects where it was already done and signing MoUs which had already been signed. The government is not telling what new works have been done by them,” Mr. Akhilesh mentioned.

Alleging that farming is being ruined, he mentioned, “Though the BJP has been continuously saying that the new farm laws will benefit farmers but farmers of the entire country want them repealed as they are not beneficial for them.” “The BJP has been continuously saying that they will give MSP to farmers and double their income. And now when it is time to do so, they have brought the laws which have posed problems for agriculture and farmers,” he mentioned, including that the youth too is going through unemployment.

“They (BJP) have their government at the Centre and also in Uttar Pradesh. Where are they taking the economy? They are showing dreams of investments, if it is coming where it is. No investment is seen in Uttar Pradesh,” he mentioned.

Referring to the rise in petrol and diesel costs, he mentioned its income are going into the federal government’s coffers however not being shared with farmers.

To a query, the SP chief mentioned his celebration will carry out properly in the upcoming panchayat elections and could have a great present in Assembly polls subsequent yr.