BJP has no positive agenda, only oolitics of division: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday alleged that the BJP has no positive work to do and only indulges in politics of division and conflict in society.

Addressing a press conference here, Akhilesh Yadav levelled several serious allegations against the BJP. He said the BJP has no constructive agenda and instead spreads negativity and instigates conflicts within society.

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He claimed that the opposition alliance would remain strong and that all conspiracies by the BJP to break the unity among opposition parties would fail.

He also criticised the BJP over the controversy surrounding M. K. Stalin’s photograph in Tamil Nadu, saying the party has no positive work to do.

Referring to the BJP government’s move to hike petroleum prices, he said, “The burden of oil companies’ losses will be passed on to the public. The BJP is promoting capitalism and benefiting big industrialists. No other party can spend more money on elections than the BJP.”

On the issue of EVMs, he said the UK recently conducted elections using ballot papers and questioned whether India was ahead of England in this regard.

He stressed that the Samajwadi Party would defeat the BJP through the electoral process itself.

He appealed to party workers to unite against what he called a “multi-layered election mafia.” He also alleged that BJP workers were filling out Form-7 applications to delete Samajwadi Party votes.

He said the Kanpur raids before the 2022 Assembly elections were projected as being linked to the Samajwadi Party in an attempt to defame the party. “Now the party is demanding the return of the seized money, but the government is unwilling to return it,” he alleged.

The SP president further claimed that law and order in the state had completely collapsed.

“Those who used to talk about zero tolerance have themselves reduced law and order to zero. NCRB data itself bears testimony to the government’s failure,” he said.

Akhilesh Yadav also announced that if his party forms the government, a two-day holiday would be declared on Maharana Pratap Jayanti.

He further announced the installation of a statue of Maharana Pratap at the Gomti River Front, adding that the statue’s Chetak and spear would be made of gold.