Exhorting party workers to connect with people Samajwadi Party’snational president Mulayam Singh Yadav said that last lok Sabha election was an eye opener. People did not vote for us because they were angry and now onus is on us to placate them. “I feel bad to hear that only Mulayam’s family had won in last general election.
The truth is I would have lost my election from Azamgarh had not people like Ram Gopal Yadav, Shivpal Singh Yadav and Dharmendra Yadav vigorously campaigned in favour of me. This trend shows that people are angry with us. WhyIJ. We need to identify reason of that anger and placate them,” Yadav said while addressing people at a Sammelan organized jointly by the Panchayati Raj and Co-operative department in Saifai, his native village in Etawah, on Monday.
He said during elections the BJP and the RSS started a campaign that if Mulayam wins it would be a victory of Muslims and if Modi wins it will be victory of Hindus. This campaign divided election on communal lines in UP and ultimately we were wiped out, he said. “Samajwadi Party has faced many ups and downs in its political career. This jolt will help us to introspect better. WE will emerge winner. The Akhilesh Yadav Government is doing very good job and it is now up to the party workers to spread the message across the state.
Go and connect with people. listen to their problems and where need be try to solve them,” Yadav said during the function. Hitting out at Narendra Modi he said that Prime Minister has failed to fulfill his promises. He spoke about something else during elections but is doing something different. “Our PM talks about Swachch Bharat campaign but he actually does not know from where to start this campaign. He can not clean India by sweeping India Gate area. He need to go to village. He needs to construct toilets for people,” he said.
“Modi has spoken about bringing black money back to India. What happened to that promise. He spoke about giving jobs to the unemployed youth and eradicating corruption. He has failed on all counts,” Yadav said. Party’s national general secretary Prof Ram Gopal Yadav said that workers should feel disheartened over lok Sabha elections. This happens in politics. Workers should work hard at the village level,” he said. PWD Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav also spoke on this occasion.