Adityanath 'lacks courage' to face farmers on ground: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav
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Lucknow (PTI): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday criticised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath for conducting an aerial survey of crops, saying he "lacked the courage" to confront angry farmers on the ground.
Adityanath had carried out an aerial survey of maize crop on Sunday.
In a post on X, Yadav took a swipe at Adityanath’s survey, saying it was not time constraints but fear of public anger that kept him away from meeting farmers directly.
The former chief minister did not name anyone in the post but posted a news report of the survey.
"Those doing aerial surveys for agriculture are not short of time, but short of the 'courage' required to face the farmers’ anger on the ground," Yadav wrote in Hindi.
He further questioned the effectiveness of such surveys, asking whether stray cattle –- a major issue for farmers in the state -– can even be seen from such heights.
"Farmers are asking, can stray animals be seen from such an altitude?" he posted.
The remarks come amid growing complaints from farmers about crop damage due to unseasonal rains and the menace of stray cattle, an issue that has remained a concern in rural Uttar Pradesh.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
