‘They had no time for Ram temple, were busy building kabristan’
Rampur knife became SP’s weapon to capture land of poor, says CM in Azam Khan’s bastion as he inaugurates, lays foundation stones of 25 projects worth ₹95 crore in Rampur
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday lambasted the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the bastion of its Rampur MP Azam Khan, who is currently in jail in connection with multiple cases, and said that during their reign the “Rampuri chaku (knife)” was used for capturing the land of the poor. He also alleged rioters were honoured at the chief minister’s residence under SP rule.
In an attack on SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Yogi Adityanath said, “I heard “Babua” (a reference to Akhilesh) saying that they could have also got the Ram temple constructed.”
“Kabristan banane se fursat hoti, toh Ram mandir ke bare mein sochte. (They would have thought of the Ram temple only they had time to spare after building graveyards),” he said.
Those who did not hesitate to fire bullets on Hindus in Ayodhya, are now talking of getting the Ram temple constructed in the holy city, the chief minister said.
Yogi Adityanath was addressing a public meeting after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of 25 development projects worth Rs 95 crore in Rampur district.
“We follow the guru parampara (tradition) for using the Rampuri knife. In the hands of good people, it will be used to protect the country and religion, but wrong people will misuse it in looting, capturing the properties of the poor and downtrodden. (Rampur ki ye chaku Samajwadi Party mein gareebon ki sampatti par kabza karne ka hathiyar bana),” he said. Comparing his government with the previous ones, the chief minister said, “Fark saaf hai (a reference to the BJP’s catchline). Before 2017, the accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots and Saharanpur riots were called and honoured at the CM’s residence. After 2017, the farmers are honoured and Gurbani is recited at the CM’s residence.”
Targeting Akhilesh Yadav further, he said that “Babua” was saying when he forms the government, free electricity would be provided, but when the (SP) government was there before 2017, they did not give electricity.
“It was our government that provided electricity and constructed toilets,” he said.
Referring to cash seizures during tax raids, CM Yogi asked the SP apologise to the public.
“We are recovering money from the people who were looting the public’s money and buried it in the walls. In the SP regime, the youths were cheated and did not get jobs,” he said.
Reacting to the chief minister’s remarks, SP leader and former UP minister Pawan Pandey said: “With each passing day, these people (BJP top leaders) are getting more and more scared of Akhileshji .”
PRAYAGRAJ: Mafiosi-turnedpolitician and former MP Atiq Ahmad’s son Ali and his aides allegedly attacked a property dealer and his kin, and demanded Rs 5 crore in cash from them on Friday, police said.
On the complaint of the property dealer, an FIR has been registered against former MP Atiq Ahmad’s son Ali and his aides in this connection at the Kareli police station. Two persons had been detained with a SUV and efforts to nab Ali and others named in the FIR were underway, a police officer said.
The property dealer claimed that Ali made him talk to his father Atiq who is presently lodged at Ahmedabad Jail. A video of the incident had also gone viral on the social media.
In his complaint given to police, the property dealer, a resident of Chakia area, Mohd Zeeshan said that he was at his plot of land in Ainuddinpur area Ali when Ali and his aides cornered them. “Ali took me on gunpoint and handed over me his phone to talk to his father. Atiq issued threats and asked me to transfer the land in his wife’s name or else give Rs 5 crore in cash. Ali and his aides then also assaulted me, my brother and nephew, and demolished the boundary of the plot when I refused,” he alleged.
Zeeshan in the complaint also claimed that Ali and Asaad opened fire on them but he somehow managed to flee and reached Kareli police station.
Kareli police reached the spot and rescued the other two persons. Saif and another person were nabbed by police at the spot while others fled. The injured had been admitted to SRN hospital, Zeeshan added in the complaint.
SHO of Kareli police station Anurag Sharma said that two persons had been detained along with a SUV. One person received injuries in the incident.
On the basis of the complaint, an FIR has registered against nine named persons including Ali, Mohd Asaad, Arif, Imran, Saif, Aman, Kullu and Ali Abba and 15 unnamed individuals in connection under relevant sections of IPC, including section 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentionally insulting, and thereby provoking a person), 506 (criminal intimidation), 307 (attempt to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees), the SHO added.
ON THE BASIS OF COMPLAINT, AN FIR HAS REGISTERED AGAINST NINE NAMED PERSONS