Almost all major political parties including Bahuhan Samaj Party held Akhilesh Yadav’s government responsible for the murder of former MlA Sarvesh Singh, who was sprayed along with two others in Azamgarh.
leader of the Opposition in the Assembly and BSP national general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya and State president, Ramachal Rajbhar both alleged that the Samajwadi Party government refused to provide security to Sarvesh Singh even after several threat to his life. ''The murder depicts the total failure of the State government to control the criminals besides refusal of security to the BSP leaders by this government for political reasons have created more threat to the lives of the politicians,'' Maurya told media persons here on Friday afternoon. Condemning the incident, the BSP leader said that the outrage of the public after the murder in Azamgarh was genuine as the local police could be involved in the crime.
Demanding from the government to control the crime in the state Maurya said anarchy prevails in the state and his party was also demanding imposition of President's rule since long. Bharatiya Janta Party leader and MlA, Kalraj Mishra has also condemned the incident and termed it as a total failure of the Samajwadi Party government to control crime. ''Criminals are ruling the roost in eastern UP since this government came to power and now they are targeting the politicians to destabilize the government,'' he alleged. He told reporters here that State government should act strictly to control the criminals or the situation would go out of hand. BJP state president, laxmikant Bajpai also announced to send a committee under former minister Shiv Pratap Shukla, who is also vice-president of the State BJP unit. Spokesman of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, Dwijendra Tripathi while alleging return of `Jungle Raj’ said that chief minister Akhilesh Yadav should come forward and tell the people that which place is safe for the citizens of the State.
``When even former people representatives can be sprayed just outside police stations than who is safe in this state", he questioned asking Akhilesh to tell a safer place left in the State or quit the post. ``Members of fairer sex were freely attacked under this regime, loots and dacoities were reported daily and not only this, several cases of attack on the members of law enforcing agencies itself speak of prevailing law and order condition in the State", cited the Congress spokesman demanding resignation from the government saying that when chief minister could not provide security to every person that he had no ground or morale right to continue in the office.