Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav made a targeted attack on Bharatiya Janta Party’s prime ministerial candidate, alleging that over 7,000 farmers had committed suicide in Gujarat during Narendra Modi tenure.
"The most costly fertiliser is being sent to farmers in Gujarat... Over 7,000 farmers have committed suicide there in Modi's regime," Yadav cited while making a frontal attack on Modi’s much publicised `Gujrat Model’.
Addressing a rally just near to the one attended by Narendra Modi in Hardoi, on Monday afternoon, Samajwadi Party supremo warned the people of Gujrat Model and claimed that only rich and industrialists flourished in Gujrat as Modi snatch the agriculture land of
the farmers and give it to corporate world at throw away prices. He also made strong criticism of Modi’s industrialisation boom in Gujrat citing that thousands and thousands of small industries closed during BJP’s PM candidate’s tenure.
In a desperate bid to woo Muslim voters, Mulayam Singh Yadav said the condition of the community members was poor in the country and no political party tried to improve their situation. Urging the people to vote for SP, he said that only his party could prevent Modi from becoming the Prime Minister of the country. Yadav reiterated that neither
BJP nor Congress would get majority in the lok Sabha elections and the Third Front, in which SP would be the largest party, would form government at the Centre. He promised a slew of benefits for farmers like interest free loan and free water for irrigation, besides promising increase of retirement age of government employees and special reservation to Muslims.
Appreciating the works done by the SP government led by his son Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief said that all the promises made in 2012 Assembly elections had been fulfilled in over two years time. "A number of welfare schemes have been launched by the SP government in the State. Even others states are following UP...," he said while
disclosing that how they implemented promises made in their poll manifesto in 2012 Assembly elections and would further leave no stone unturned to forward welfare schemes for the poor and deprived section of the society along with that of minorities if their Party would form government in the Centre.
Meanwhile, Party sources also confirmed that Mulayam Singh Yadav would file his nomination for the Azamgarh lok Sabha seat on Tuesday. He is also contesting from Mainpuri Parliament constituency from where he is a sitting MP.