After CBI confirmed that the Budaun victims were neither raped nor murdered Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav asked media to introspect as how they had made a mountain out of a molehill and brought bad name to the state government as well as to Uttar Pradesh.
“The truth is now out. The CBI has exposed the mystery. The media should now introspect its role in the democracy. It has insulted and defamed the state government on the issue. Whether it was deliberate or under some pressure, but the government was defamed,” Yadav said in a function held on Thursday .
He said the “small mistakes” of the state government are blown out of proportion while good initiatives do not find any mention in the media.
“Check internet and old newspapers and you will find what was reported about the incident. You (TV channels) might have deleted the recordings but our departments have all the records about what all you said about the government,” the chief minister said. Our small mistakes are blown out of proportion while good initiatives do not find any mention in the media. Can you tell except UP, which state has distributed over 15 lakh free laptops to students and attempted to end digital divide,” asked Yadav.
A CBI probe into the death of the two teenage cousins, whose bodies were found hanging from a tree in UP’s Badaun district in May, concluded that they had committed suicide, debunking allegations that the girls were raped and murdered.
The chief minister also attacked BJP indirectly, saying while the UP government was focussing on development, a ‘chalu’ (cunning) party was raising issues and debate on“other type” of issues.
Yadav also attacked BJP for demanding a curb on slaughter houses. “We all wear leather shoes and belts. They ask to close slaughter houses. Can you closed own leather industry and wear ‘khandau’ (wooden sleepers). Do you (BJP) have the courage to close down the industry,” he said.
Referring to the row surrounding birthday of his father and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s 75th birthday, Yadav asked what was wrong in celebrating the birthday of an elderly person.
“You tell, who among the new generation people do not celebrate their birthdayIJ We celebrate birthdays of young ones. What is wrong when we have celebrated birthday of an elderly person,” he said apparently expressing his displeasure.
Attacking the Centre, Yadav said that six months have passed but the real issues are are not addressed. “In the first six months the real issues have taken a backseat while jhadu (broom) has appeared. The Prime Minister is visiting foreign countries and TV channels are making people of the country travel there through them,” he said.