Even as the ruling Samajwadi Party targeted its political opponents for tarnishing the image of the Akhilesh Yadav Government on the law and order situation in UP, the Bharatiya Janata Party further sharpened its attack on the Chief Minister saying that his review meetings were proving to be non-starters.
BJP State spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said in a statement here on Monday that the law and order in the State was deteriorating day by day. “After all, when will the Akhilesh Yadav Government accord priority to checking the spiralling crime graphIJ” he asked In a quick retort to BJP’s allegations, senior Minister and SP State spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said the law and order was completely under control.
“Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has taken a serious view and made it clear that no laxity will be tolerated in checking crime. Besides taking immediate action, the Chief Minister has issued directives to senior police officers to immediately visit the scene of crime and take swift action,” he added.
Chaudhary said the Chief Minister had personally conducted surprise inspections in order to tone up the administrative set-up. “It is unfortunate the SP’s rivals are continuously issuing statements to tarnish the image of the Chief Minister,” Chaudhary said.