In yet another embarrassment for the ruling BJP, ally Suheldeo Bhartiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar said in Hamirpur on Friday that corruption ran deep in the blood of 100 crore Indians and that the fight against it was not easy since the evil was rampant across the country.
Referring to the recent flyover collapse in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, Rajbhar said that it would take time to weed out corruption completely from the society. He said that the Prime Minister was fighting a lone battle to rein in the malaise.
Referring to the law and order situation in his state, the SBSP chief said that the situation was better in Uttar Pradesh as compared to Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat and Kerala. He however accused Yogi Adityanath and BJP chief Amit Shah of not paying heed to legitimate demands made by the SC/ST community.
This is not for the first time that Rajbhar has left the BJP government exasperated with his remarls.
The minister had earlier claimed that corruption had increased under the Yogi dispensation in UP. While the BJP later rubbished the minister’s claim as an attempt to ‘garner cheap publicity’, the state BJP chief warned dissident leaders to behave and asked them to air their grievances at the right forum.
On Saturday, Rajbhar shared the dais with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the convocation ceremony at Dr Shakantula Mishra National Rehabilitation University. However, both did not take cognizance of each other’s presence of on the stage.