UP turned haven for criminals in BJP rule, says SP chief

LUCKNOW: In a scathing attack on the BJP government, Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said the state had become a haven for criminals in the absence of law and order.

“There is no law and order in the state and the people have lost all sense of security. Under the BJP rule, the state has become a safe for criminals of all kinds. All that the previous SP government did for taking the law and order to new heights, the BJP government undid it all,” Yadav said in a statement.

“The situation is so dismal that even the BJP MP of Farrukhabad went on record saying that the government gives the same officer the investigation against whom one makes a complaint. A Gorakhpur MLA said he was ashamed of being an MLA now. BJP’s politics of vendetta is fanning violence in the state. A double murder took place in CM’s home district of Gorakhpur and criminals shot dead a journalist in Ballia. Before this, several journalists were murdered in the state in this BJP government’s rule. A youth was killed just recently in Barabanki while another youth was shot six times in Ghaziabad. And just today (Tuesday) a report surfaced from Lakhimpur Kheri of an 18-year-old girl’s rape and murder,” he added.

SP CHIEF CONDOLES DOM RAJA’S DEATH

The SP national president expressed grief over the demise of Kashi’s Dom Raja Jagdish Chaudhary. Jagdish Choudhary, 55, who had been ailing for some time passed away at a private hospital on Tuesday.

“The family of Dom Raja manages the Manikarnika and Harishchandra ghats,” said Samajwadi Party’s press statement quoting Akhilesh.

ANNOUNCES RS 2 LAKH FOR KIN OF SLAIN SCRIBE

Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav expressed grief and anguish over the Monday’s murder of a journalist in Ballia and announced Rs 2 lakh aid to the family of the deceased. At the same time, he demanded that the government should also give Rs 50 lakh to the bereaved family.