Adityanath govt pursuing vendetta politics: AKY
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Yogi Adityanath government was pursuing vendetta politics, targeting its political opponents and framing them in cases to intimidate them.
“The Yogi government files fake cases against political rivals. I did not register fake cases against anyone. Congress started the politics of vendetta and I and my family members were implicated in cases through PIL in courts and now the present UP government has adopted the same tactics,” the former chief minister of UP said while participating in a television programme on Monday.
Yadav denied that he had acquired assets in India or abroad. “I am not buying any hotel or island and such allegations are baseless. The chief minister does not know what an island is. He never went to England or the USA, I have been to both places,” the SP chief said.
Chiding the Yogi government, the SP chief said that it was only carrying forward projects initiated by the previous Samajwadi Party government.
“There were two investors’ summits in which MoUs were signed for solar power projects but no fund was allocated for them in the budget. This BJP government is only signing MoUs but there is no work on the ground. I want to ask the government why investment is not coming to UP and how much budget has the government set aside for solar energy in the budget,” he said.
Akhilesh Yadav also accused the BJP regime of coming to power by making false promises. “This government has completed three years but the BJP has nothing substantial to project as its achievement,” he said.
The SP chief further said the Yogi government needed to be more transparent about parameters based on which it decides which city should come under the Smart City Project.
“Also, if saving cow is the first priority of this government, why has it not hiked the budget for it?” he asked.
Denying that he was inaccessible to party men and people, Yadav said, “I have only two places — Lucknow and Saifai. I meet people at both places and will continue to do so for the rest of my life. I don’t even go to Delhi as I do not like the water there.”
The SP chief also said that his party would consider forging alliance with smaller political outfits. “We want to form a coalition that competes with the BJP. We will fight polls alone but a some adjustments could be made,” he said.
Akhilesh Yadav blasted the Yogi government for its decision to put up hoarding with details of people accused of inciting violence during the anti-CAA protest in Lucknow on December 19. He also criticised the state government for the ordinance that would empower the government to seize property of those found guilty of damaging public and private property.
