Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday addressed a public rally for the Lok Sabha polls in Bhadohi. | Photo provided by: ANI
An election rally held by Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav in Azamgarh district on May 21 witnessed a crowd-like situation as overzealous party workers and supporters pushed each other and climbed over wooden barriers. The police were dispatched. The power to control the situation. Footage from the scene shows torn streamers scattered on the ground and broken chairs.
Amid the commotion, Mr. Yadav appealed to his supporters for calm, but to no avail. The rally was organized for Daroga Saroj, SP candidate for Lalganj (Scheduled Caste) Lok Sabha seat. The Lalganj Lok Sabha seat falls under Azamgarh district. This is the third time in a week that Yadav’s rally has been hit by chaos. On May 19, a joint rally between Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency was called off due to similar crowd situation. Later, addressing a rally in Lalganj, Yadav claimed that voters were ready to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party and accused the ruling party of neglecting all sectors of the country.
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“The cost of production for our farmers is rising and so is their debt. After June 4, when the government comes to power, the debts of poor farmers will be waived. It is the government’s responsibility to not provide jobs to the youth, and hundreds of thousands of students have been left without opportunities as exams have been canceled due to leaked documents. They are attacking Ambedkar Ji’s constitution. They said 400 paars (over 400), but this time the people are raising the slogan of 400 haars (defeat in 400 seats),” the SP leader said. Ta.
He said, “The Bharatiya Janata Party government, which has been in power for the last 10 years, has ruled on the basis of loot and lies. They took donations from vaccine companies and the vaccine was given forcefully. Now the vaccine has become a threat to our lives.”
The SP president accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of cheating the youth, farmers and other social groups. “They have deceived not only farmers, but also our youth, women, civil servants and other sections of society,” he said.
Yadav also targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party for introducing the four-year Agniveer scheme for the armed forces and questioned the frequent leaks of documents in UP. Agniveer’s job is for 4 years, what will the young man do after 4 years? I assure the youth of our country that once the Government of India is formed, this system will be abolished,” he said.
