Akhilesh did nothing even in SP strongholds, says Yogi
Lucknow, June 7: Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched a scathing attack on his predecessor Akhilesh Yadav, saying the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief had failed in implementing the government's pro-poor schemes.
Addressing a public rally in the Yadav stronghold of Mainpuri, the Chief Minister said while in the last year of the SP government no houses were constructed under the Prime Minister's housing scheme, in the last one year 577 houses had been made under the BJP regime.
"During the five-year SP government, only 500 houses were constructed," he pointed out.
Adityanath said in his entire tenure, Akhilesh Yadav had provided power connections to only 525 villages, while his government had in a small time of one year taken electricity to 1,051 villages.
Similarly, he said under the community wedding scheme of the state government, only 1,627 poor families had benefited, while in the one-year rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), this number had gone up to 2,320.
The Chief Minister later reviewed the law and order situation in the district. He also presided over a "Chaupal" under the party's Gram Swaraj Mission and interacted with villagers in an attempt to know their problems and get a first-hand account of the reach of government schemes at the ground level.
"People from among you have done nothing for you. There had not been a single loan waiver in Mainpuri in 2017, while in the last one year we have waived off loans of 38,001 farmers of the district," 46-year-old Adityanath.
He also warned officials that he would not tolerate any laxity with regard to welfare and people-oriented schemes rolled out by his government.
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What is the secret deal? PM Modi questions Rahul's sudden silence on Ambani, Adani
Asks "how much black money have you taken?"
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent silence on the issue of industrialists Ambani and Adani during a rally in Telangana on Wednesday. He suggested that this sudden change in rhetoric may imply a "secret deal" between the Congress and these industrialists.
Modi pointed out that Rahul Gandhi had been consistently targeting Ambani and Adani over the past five years, particularly focusing on their alleged connections with the government. However, Modi noted a shift in Rahul's discourse since the announcement of the elections, wherein he has ceased to criticize these industrialists.
“You would have seen that the Congress shahzada, for the last five years, has been repeating this. Since his Rafale row was grounded, he started repeating this – first, he spoke of five industrialists, and then Ambani-Adani, Ambani-Adani, Ambani-Adani. But even since elections were announced, they have stopped abusing the two. I want to ask the public of Telangana, the shahzada should declare – how much have they taken from Ambani-Adani? How much of black money has been taken? Have tempos full of cash reached the Congress? What’s the deal that’s been struck? Why did you stop abusing Ambani-Adani overnight? Surely something is amiss,” he said in Telangana.
In response, Congress's Praveen Chakravarty suggested that Modi's remarks indicate his discomfort with Rahul Gandhi's continued exposure of the alleged nexus between the government and Ambani-Ambani, which, according to Chakravarty, prioritizes the interests of these industrialists over those of the common people and the nation.
During the rally, Modi also criticized the Congress party's approach, contrasting it with the BJP's "Nation First" policy. He accused the Congress and similar parties of following a "family first" policy, wherein the interests of a select few take precedence over national priorities. Modi further cited the example of former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, alleging that the Congress neglected and disrespected him due to its family-centric approach.
Regarding the ongoing elections, Modi claimed that after the third phase of voting, the INDI alliance's momentum had diminished, referring to it as the "third fuse" that had burst.
