Samajwadi Party national president and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday leveled serious charges against the Uttar Pradesh government and the Election Commission of India (ECI), saying dishonesty of the BJP dispensation is visible even before the 2027 assembly elections in the state are announced.
Addressing a press conference at the SP headquarters in Lucknow on Monday, Akhilesh Yadav claimed, “There are still 427 days left for the assembly elections, but the government has already started preparing to manipulate the electoral process.
He alleged that there are many serious complaints against the Election Commission. It is out to tamper with the voter list even though the 2003 voter list was the cleanest. “The report submitted in Ayodhya is unreadable. The government used a district magistrate (DIS) officer, who was under investigation, to help with voting. This government is dishonest at every level,” said the former chief minister adding, today everything in the state is expensive and the government has no control over anything.
Without naming anybody, he said, albeit sarcastically, “Some people show off by holding children in their laps, but the public understands everything.”
Questioning the validity of the Jal Jeevan Mission, he said, “The budget is being wasted as there is no water in the mission.”
He also alleged collusion of officials in encroaching government land. The government’s intelligence system is so weak that it has no clue about the “infiltrators sneaking in, as if there are elections”.
On the prospects of the SP becoming a national party, Akhilesh Yadav said, “Our dream is to make the Samajwadi Party a national party, but that will have to wait until 2029.”
Continuing his attack on the government, he said the BJP dispensation has failed to provide the people health services. Government hospitals are lagging behind in treatment. The government is rejoicing at the inauguration of private hospitals, as if it has taken another step towards closing government hospitals.
As regards the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) (Special Intensive Revision), Akhilesh said if the Aadhaar card is not accepted, he would go to court. The SP will fight to ensure that not a single PDA (Backward, Dalit, Minority) vote is cut.
On Azam Khan’s statement regarding the Bihar Assembly elections, Akhilesh said, “What Azam said is not wrong, there is jungle raj in Bihar.”
He concluded his press conference with a remark that the BJP government is only engaged in the politics of showmanship and publicity, while the public is suffering from inflation, unemployment, and chaos.