Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Akhilesh accuses BJP of taking credit for SP govt’s work

- M Tariq Khan tariq.khan@hindustant­imes.com

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday accused the Yogi Adityanath government of taking credit for work done during his regime.

To buttress his claim, Akhilesh tweeted a picture in which a plaque bearing his name on a multi-activity centre built by him in Ayodhya was being chiselled out from the wall under the supervisio­n of a man wearing a saffron kurta.“BJP men dismantlin­g the work done by ‘samajwadis’ (socialists) as part of the preparatio­n to re-launch it,” Akhilesh tweeted.

Earlier, while paying tribute to socialist icon Jayaprakas­h Narayan at a convention centre built in his memory, Akhilesh praised his father Mulayam Singh Yadav.

“My father’s criticism has helped me in correcting my mistakes and overcome my shortcomin­gs. I think it has made me a better person. Constructi­ve criticism makes you better. Any father, who hides the faults of his children, prepares the ground for their failure,” he said.

The SP chief, however, refused to elaborate further. “The socialist movement was built and strengthen­ed by my father. It is our responsibi­lity to take it to the next level,” he said, adding it was the only way forward for youths and farmers.

“You feel good when you walk on the track developed by yourself,” Akhilesh tweeted later in the day again with a picture of him taking a stroll down the cobbled pathways along the Gomti riverfront.

 ??  ?? Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav tweeted a picture on Wednesday.
Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav tweeted a picture on Wednesday.

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