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Those who can crush farmers, can crush Constitution, says Akhilesh

Meerut: “Those who can mow down farmers under the wheels, can also crush the Constitution,” said Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav at a public rally in Saharanpur’s Teetaro area on Sunday. Attacking the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government over Lakhimpur Kheri violence that left eight dead, Yadav said, “These people have rammed farmers under the wheels. They have not just rammed farmers but have also rammed the law in this case.” In Saharanpur to mark the 100th birth anniversary of former UP minister Yashpal Chaudhary, Yadav was addressing his first political rally in western UP ahead of the assembly elections scheduled early next year. “Farmers are our ‘annadaata’ (food givers). They have to face insults today. Farmers are being called 'mawali',” he said and alleged that if BJP comes back to power, they will call farmers ``terrorists”. He congratulated the farmers for not stepping back from their agitation against the three draconian farm laws despite insults heaped on them by BJP. The former CM of Uttar Pradesh said , “If we would have won, the farm laws and Citizenship (Amendment) Act would have never been on the floor of the House (Parliament). People must get this government to realize that dictatorship will not work in a democracy,” Criticizing the government for “privatization of public assets”, including railways and airlines, Yadav warned if BJP comes to power again, the day is not far away when the government would be run via outsourcing. Blaming the ruling party for skyrocketing prices of essential commodities -- from mustard oil to gas and even power – the SP leader said these were now beyond the buying capacity of the common man and urged people not to vote for BJP.

The Times of India

2021-10-11

Meerut