A day after the UP governor recommended legal action against the former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav for allegedly vandalising the official bungalow he vacated on June 3 following the orders of the Supreme Court; a jittery Akhilesh Yadav accused the chief minister Yogi Adityanath of spreading a canard to malign his image. He also accused the governor Ram Naik of being guided by the RSS instead of following the Constitution of India,
Akhilesh Yadav holding two bathroom tapes in his hands addressed a press conference here on Wednesday. “Tonti toh ganjedi, bhangedi aur Smakiye chura ke le jaate hain…. (Drug addicts have the habit of pulling out water taps from a vacant bungalow)…… I am carrying these water taps (after the media reports that I have taken away them while vacating the Bungalow) if they need them, I will hand over it to them”, Akhilesh said while flaunting the taps during the press conference.
"Rajbhawan mein Samveedhaan ke nahi RSS ke atma rahtee hai. The Governor, who is the constitutional head of the state, suddenly wakes up and his RSS soul rises above his duty and rights, Yadav said while commenting on the probe ordered by Governor Ram Naik over the bungalow issue. He also targeted the media saying `` Tum log andhe ho gaye ho. You reported only one side of the incident without bothering to visit the bungalow after I vacated it’’.
Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav termed the “loot charge” against him as politically motivated and accused the Yogi Adityanath government of insulting him over taps. ``The BJP government is unable to digest the by poll losses and thus it is “levelling false allegations out of frustration”. Yadav claimed ``he removed no furnishings from the government bungalow, where he was staying since demitting the CM’s office on March 15, 2017’’.
He alleged that the two UP officials-- Abhishek , OSD to the CM and secretary on CM secretariat Mritunjay Narain visited his bungalow before it was opened for the media, Yadav alleged that the visit of the officials give a clear indication about the conspiracy hatched by the BJPclaimed that the secretary of the chief minister
He further said: “log pyaar mein nahi jalan aur nafrat mein andhe hote hain yeh meine dekha hai (People are blind in love and they are blind in hatred, I’ve seen that).
“Wooden flooring along with many things in bungalow is intact. One damaged corner of house was photographed in way to make it look like house was left in a bad state. The BJP is frustrated after by poll loss and it’s the BJP’s conspiracy,” he charged. “I gave laptops to children, but Yogi Adityanath government is insulting me over taps.”
Yadav added the government accommodation at the high-security Vikramaditya Marg in lucknow had no swimming pool. “My house had no pool but the media was claiming that I have taken away the tiles from it which was totally false," he said. ``All items in the bungalow belong to me. I have purchased all the items for gym and badminton court and so took it back including the steel structure before vacating the bungalow. Have I done anything wrongIJ he questioned.
Asking the UP government to make public the list of missing items from the bungalow, SP president said `` the government should make public the inventory of the list of items purchased for my bungalow along with the receipts and I am willing to pay for that’’.
Announcing that he was ready to replace all the items missing from his bungalow if the government inventory says so, the SP president said that the BJP was jealous of his bungalow and hence attempting to defame him.
The state government had on Monday ordered an enquiry into damages done at residences of all the former chief ministers who vacated their bungalows. The UP Governor Ram Naik had on Tuesday asked the state government to take legal action over the reported damage to the bungalow vacated by Akhilesh Yadav.
The Supreme Court had on May 7 passed an order to abolish a law that allowed former CMs to stay in government bungalows throughout their lives. The top court ruled that former UP CMs cannot retain government accommodation after demitting office and asked the government to initiate action to vacate the bungalows occupied by former CMs.