Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav questioned further beefing up of the security of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday.
“If the chief minister feels so threatened then the state of the security of the common man can be anybody’s guess in Uttar Pradesh,” the SP chief said in Lucknow.
Yadav said that the security of the chief minister had been beefed up and a proposal was passed by the UP cabinet by circulation and also registered in the Green Book on CM’s security.
The SP chief further said that the prime minister’s security was detailed in the Blue Book and after its study, the chief minister’s Green Book had been reviewed.
“Since the day the chief minister assumed power, his security has been reviewed from time to time. Hence the question arises that if there is so much threat to his security in 2020, what kind of state are the people in,” he said.
Akhilesh pointed out that as per 2019 report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), there was a 12 percent increase in total cases related to harassment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in UP.
“Besides, Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of 59,853 cases of crime against women, including 272 cases of rapes of minor girls and 3,065 cases of rapes in 2019,” he said.
Taking a jibe at the chief minister, the SP chief said that Yogi Adityanath was so worried about his own security that he did not have time to think about the life of the people of the state.
“If one scans recent cases, even Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are not safe in this regime. The uncle of the BJP MLA from Ghaziabad’s Muradnagar was brutally murdered on Friday. Besides, a member of the block development committee was shot at in Azamgarh, while a youth in Mau, a woman in Etawah, an elderly man in Gauriganj (Amethi) were murdered. The police are not paying attention to incidents of crime against women in the BJP rule,” he alleged.
“These are just the tip of the iceberg. In Mainpuri, a five-year-old girl was raped in Kuravali police station area but instead of bringing the culprits to justice and ensuring medical treatment to the victim, a compensation of Rs 20,000 was provided by the accused in a panchayat to settle the matter. Is it not travesty of justice?” Akhilesh asked.
The SP chief further pointed out that a girl was gang-raped in Atrauli (Aligarh) and a 13-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang-raped in Noida. “Besides, a girl was raped in Banda and in Unnao, after being gang-raped, a victim was thrown on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway,” he pointed out.
The former chief minister of UP said that the reality of the BJP rule in UP was that criminals were scripting a new chapter every day while the ruling party chose to be silent on all these incidents.
“Law and order has spun out of government control and all tall the claims of the chief minister have been battered,” Akhilesh charged.