UP election is about brotherhood vs BJP: Akhilesh

TIL Desk/National/Agra(UP)/Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday took a swipe at the ruling BJP asking if anyone saw criminals fleeing the state as the party has been claiming. He said the SP will ensure a historic defeat to BJP and will send Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath back to Uttarakhand.

“Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar gave us the Constitution on which the country is run and this election is also about safeguarding the Constitution. “This is why Samajwadi Party is taking along people from all groups. This election is about brotherhood versus BJP,” the SP chief said, addressing a joint press conference with his alliance partner Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary.

“The people of the state will vote on issues and send the chief minister back to Uttarakhand,” Akhilesh said referring to Yogi Adityanath’s ancestral roots in Uttarakhand. Asked about the attack on AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Meerut on Thursday, the SP president said such incidents should not occur in a democratic nation.”People are saying that the criminals have left Uttar Pradesh. Did anyone see these criminals when they were leaving the state? Violence is not acceptable in a democracy and it raises questions on the law and order situation in the state,” Akhilesh said.