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Akhilesh: Four years of zero governance, soaring crime

Lucknow: Describing the four years of BJP rule in Uttar Pradesh as an epitome of gross misrule, rampant corruption, rising crime and failure at all fronts, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said it was nothing less than Uttar Pradesh being BJP’s ‘andher nagri’ (lawless state) with ‘char saal chaupat raj’ (four years of zero governance). “One can imagine the state of affairs prevailing in the state from the fact that recently BJP leaders and MLAs at the party’s working committee meeting described tehsils and police stations as places where nothing moves without paying bribes,” the former UP chief minister said, adding: “If this is the experience of ruling party leaders, one can imagine what the common man must be going through .” The SP chief said BJP’s four years of aimless governance has brought the state to a position where 11 of the 22 most polluted cities in the world happen to be from UP as per latest media reports. He said the deterioration is overall and rampant. “As per statistics the unemployment rate, which was 5.92 per cent in 2018 has shot up to 9.9 per cent in 2019,” he said. During the SP regime cycle tracks were constructed and projects like Gomti Riverfront, Etawah Lion Safari, Janeshwar Mishra Park and Metro rail were executed, he said, adding the main aim of strengthening the public transport system was to check the rising pollution and offer a clean environment. However, many of these projects were abandoned. Had all the projects launched by the SP government been completed by the ruling BJP, the state government could have avoided the embarrassment that it is facing today at the international level, the SP chief added. The former UP CM said farmers have been hit the worst during the BJP rule. “The farmers are not getting the MSP that the government has announced. They were promised that the government will do everything to double farmers’ income, but they are finding it hard to sell their produce even at the cost price. Around Rs 10,000 crore are due on cane growers. The government has turned a deaf ear to their demand, seeking withdrawal of farm laws despite the community staging protests “Instances of hooch deaths are on the rise, reflecting the standards of policing in the state. The government has done absolutely nothing to increase production of electricity. On the contrary the government went ahead to purchase smart meters and eventually ended up with a scam,” he said. Attacking the BJP government on the law and order, he said in UP the rate of crime against women and minor girls is the highest in India.

The Times of India

2021-03-19

Lucknow