Threat to Constitution remains till BJP in power: Akhilesh
Those who talked about winning 400 seats to change the Constitution have been defeated but the danger will remain till the BJP is in power, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday, launching a scathing attack on the ruling party as he kicked off the campaign for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh election.
Addressing a rally in Dadri, Yadav countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks a day earlier at the inauguration of the Noida International Airport and alleged that several airports inaugurated by the BJP were not operational.
“Earlier also airports were inaugurated by them, but out of seven, six are not functional,” he claimed and said the Government should have given an assurance that the airport would “not be sold later”. He also promised fair compensation to farmers for land acquisition once his party comes to power.
The remarks came a day after Prime Minister Modi, while inaugurating the airport in Jewar, targeted the Samajwadi Party (SP), alleging that it had turned Noida into an “ATM for loot” during its tenure. He had also taken a dig at opposition leaders for allegedly avoiding Gautam Buddh Nagar due to “superstitions”.
Hitting back, Yadav said, “Yesterday, it was said that we do not visit Noida. I want to remind them that I have visited the homes of my party workers here more times than the number of cups of tea the two of them have consumed together.”
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister credited his party’s previous Government for development in the region, including metro connectivity linking Delhi and Noida. “Our Government took several decisions for the development of Noida. They have nothing to show, which is why they are making such statements,” he said.
He also claimed that the SP had played a key role in facilitating approvals for the Jewar airport project.
“If anyone worked to secure the necessary clearances for the airport, it was the Samajwadi Party. That is why the project has materialised today,” he said. Yadav alleged that the BJP rally at the airport inauguration was attended by “paid supporters” and described the ruling party as a “dry clean party”.
