Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav lashed out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his statement that the CAA would not be withdrawn at any cost. Slamming the BJP chief, the former Chief Minister said that the saffron party was making ‘intolerance’ its identity and hence losing its popularity due to its ‘anti-people policies’.
Attacking opposition parties for ‘misleading’ people on the CAA, Shah said the new law would not be scrapped despite protests, at a Lucknow rally on Tuesday.
“Shah’s statement only reflected intolerance as the BJP wants to crush people with a road-roller due to its brute majority in Parliament. Playing with basic principles of democracy, the ruling party is making intolerance its identity,” Akhilesh said in a statement issued in Lucknow on Tuesday.
“Protests are going on across the country against the CAA and NRC due to which the BJP had to plan ‘Jan Jagran’ rallies and such programmes,” he said.
The SP chief said that Shah’s address in Lucknow showed his frustration over the growing dissent and his party would not let the BJP-RSS agenda run in the country. He alleged that BJP leaders ignored people’s interest and aspirations due to their “false ego and pride”.
Citing a report, Akhilesh said that 16 lakh jobs in the country were lost in 2016 and as per the National Crime Records Bureau, 35 unemployed and 36 self-employed persons committed suicide everyday in 2018.
“In both categories, 26,085 people lost their lives. In the country, 1.34 lakh persons ended their lives, including 10,346 from farming sector,” he claimed.
Akhilesh further alleged that the BJP does not have any intention to solve the problems of people and that is why it has brought the CAA to divert public attention.