Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre over the rising prices of LPG, former chief minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said that the ruling party was not bothered by the travails of the common man as price of the cooking gas was hiked twice in 13 days.
“In the BJP rule, it has become difficult for the common man to live with the government’s ‘back-breaking’ inflation. If the government cannot bring down prices then at least they should not hike prices. The government must roll back the increased price of LPG cylinder in public interest,” the SP chief said in a statement released on Thursday.
“People in power are openly supporting illegal mining in UP. The police, the administration and the government are silent and getting their shares. In Bidhuna area of Kanpur, a BJP leader’s kin is neck deep in illegal mining on the land of gram sabha. A Hindu Yuva Vahini leader was caught mixing dung, straw and harmful oil to make fake spices in Hathras. Animal fat, bones, feet and hooves have been found in a fake ghee factory in Agra. Why has the chief minister not yet imposed NSA on these adulterators?” the SP chief asked.
Further attacking the government for backing crime in the state, Akhilesh Yadav said that the opposition party workers were being killed in daylight but the police were not taking action. “The truth is that criminals are being patronised by those in power,” he said.
The SP chief also hit out at the BJP government for “avoiding the opposition” by not holding the winter session of Parliament this year citing the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Union government had assured to hold the session in January next year.
“The BJP government is trying to evade facing the farmers and the opposition by doing away with the winter session of Lok Sabha using COVID-19 as an excuse. The sessions of Lok Sabha and UP Assembly should be convened immediately to discuss farm laws, privatisation, unemployment, price rise and law and order issues in UP, women’s security and stalled development,” Akhilesh Yadav said.