Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said his party would not forge a new alliance and would go to the 2024 Lok Sabha along with old allies.
The SP chief claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party would be routed in Bihar after the collapse of its alliance with the Janata Dal (United) and formation of a new government there with the support of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Akhilesh Yadav was in Azamgarh on Monday to meet jailed party MLA Ramakant Yadav. This was his first visit to Azamgarh after losing the bypoll to Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat to BJP in June last.
“Ramakant Yadav has been framed in a 20-year-old case. The Yogi Adityanath government intends to keep the MLA in jail till 2024 Lok Sabha election. The BJP will be routed in Bihar and will meet a similar fate in UP during the next Lok Sabha election,” Akhilesh Yadav said. The SP chief claimed that Ramakant Yadav was a victim of the conspiracy by the BJP-led UP government.
“Ramakant Yadav was granted bail in old cases but he was booked in fresh cases. The BJP is pursuing the politics of vendetta against its political opponents across the country. The BJP has unleashed terror against the opposition party leaders by misusing the Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department. Their sole objective is to break the morale of the opposition parties,” Akhilesh Yadav said.
“It is not only in Azamgarh; Samajwadi Party leaders are being targeted across the state and are being framed in fake cases and sent to jail. Their assets are being attached and their commercial establishments and buildings are being demolished without following the due process of law,” SP chief alleged.