Upping its ante against Samajwadi Party Government, the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to hold demonstration outside Vidhan Bhawan over poor law and order on August 24 – incidentally the day GST bill will be tabled in the House.
"The law and order in the state is in shambles. The present government has failed to bring the crime rate under control. To protest government’s failure the BJP will hold demonstration outside Vidhan Bhawan on August 24,” BJP state secretary Swatantra Deo Singh told reporters here on Sunday.
He said that party workers from neighbouring 6-7 states will take part in the protest. Party MPs, legislators, party office-bearers and people’s representatives will take part in that protest. “We will hold peaceful protest and will not react to use of force by the police,” he said.
Singh said that law and order has deteriorated in last couple of years because of patronage criminals are enjoying from ruling party leaders. The crime against women has gone up. The National Crime Bureau says UP is number 1 in case of crime against the fairer sex.
“In last 18 days 59 cases of crime against women have been reporters from lucknow and its near by areas. In last one year over a dozen cases bank heist have been reported from lucknow. Interesting fact is despite having CCTV footage police has failed to arrested criminals”, he said.
BJP leader said that onus is on Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to control crime because he also heads Home department. He should accept his failure and resign, he said adding that on August 24 protest the BJP will stress for resignation of Yadav.