Akhilesh can’t understand PM’s Mann Ki Baat: Shah

JAUNPUR/MAHARAJGANJ: Taking a jibe at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Sunday said the former was not capable of understanding the radio address.

“Akhilesh Yadav says that he does not understand the Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat. On this I would say that to understand ?Mann Ki Baat?, he needs to have sensible mind and understanding,” Shah said while addressing a rally in Jaunpur.

The Uttar Pradesh chief minister had earlier been critical of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ and stated that he should listen to people’s plight instead of addressing the nation via radio. In Maharajganj, Shah accused the SP and BSP of virtually destroying Uttar Pradesh and said this election will end the politics of appeasement, casteism and dynastic rule. Shah also urged voters to give an overwhelming majority to the BJP, and strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He said as soon as the BJP forms the government, it will ban all the slaughterhouses in the state. “Instead of blood of cattle, there will be streams of milk and ghee flowing throughout the state,” Shah said. He said in the last 15 years of SP and BSP rule, development took a backseat. “There is an acute shortage of power, medicines, and citizens are feeling very unsafe,” he said.

The BJP chief said, “Counting will begin at 8am on March 11...and by noon the counting process will be completed, bringing to an end the rule of Akhilesh Yadav by 1pm”. He took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying, “On one hand Modi government has released 104 satellites, and on the other Rahul is pushing the ‘cycle’, which has already become punctured”.

CHIEF MINISTER HAD EARLIER BEEN CRITICAL OF ‘MANN KI BAAT’ AND STATED THAT HE SHOULD LISTEN TO PEOPLE’S PLIGHT INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE NATION VIA RADIO