Holding the Uttar Pradesh Government responsible for spurt in the incidents of crime the State unit of BJP has demanded imposition of President’s Rule in the State saying the Akhilesh Yadav Government has lost the moral authority to rule.
BJP State secretary Pankaj Singh called on Governor Ram Naik on Friday and apprised him of the prevailing law and order situation in the State. “I informed the Governor about the prevailing law and order and as how the Government has tackled Saharanpur and Moradabad incidents. Uttar Pradesh is a fit case to impose President’s Rule,” Pankaj Singh told reporters outside Raj Bhawan here.
Singh’s father Rajnath Singh is the Union Home Minister and when asked about Centre’s stand on this issue he said that Centre would act as per Constitution but as a party it is our take that Chief Minister has lost the moral authority to rule. The BJP also blamed that the Akhilesh Yadav Government for the sudden spurt in incidents of jail break. BJP spokesman Vijay Babadur Pathak said that when orders of CM are ignored even a petty criminal tries to take advantage of the situation. “As the Government has failed to impose rule of the law the criminals are having a field day,” Pathak said. The BJP was reacting to clashes that broke out in the Moradabad district jail in which one prisoner was critically injured.
On Thursady two prisoners escaped from Aligarh and a day earlier two life term convict escaped from the lakhimpur Kheri jail after pointing gun on the security guards.