Rumours of RLD joining NDA: BJP knows how to break parties, alleges Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow (PTI): Amid speculation about RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary joining hands with the BJP, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said the BJP knows how to break parties and when and whom to "buy". He also accused the ruling party of misusing central agencies like ED, CBI and Income-tax.
"BJP knows when to take whom. It also knows how to cheat. In Chandigarh you saw how dishonesty took place. BJP also knows when to buy whom. It has become the largest party not just like that," Akhilesh Yadav told reporters in Varanasi.
"BJP knows when and what to do. It knows when and where ED and CBI are to be sent and to conduct Income-tax raids and also when to silence which journalist," he said.
"BJP knows how to break parties," Akhilesh Yadav added.
Asked about the alleged growing proximity between RLD and BJP, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak told reporters in Lucknow, "There are always possibilities in politics and BJP is a party working with dedication towards Bharat Mata. It is with the people supporting the all-round development of Uttar Pradesh. We heartily welcome everyone."
Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra said, "See, this discussion is going on in the media. As far as INDIA block is concerned, everything is fine here. There is no cause for concern."
Akhilesh Yadav had on Wednesday said he hoped that Jayant Chaudhary will not weaken the struggle going on for the "khush-haali' (prosperity) of Uttar Pradesh.
"The BJP is doing the work of creating confusion. He (Jayant) is not going anywhere. He will remain with the INDIA bloc with full strength and will do the work of defeating the BJP," SP leader Shivpal Yadav had told reporters.
The RLD and the SP announced their alliance for the Lok Sabha polls on January 19 with the former stating that the latter will leave seven seats in western Uttar Pradesh for its nominees.
The SP president and the RLD chief announced the tie-up on social media for the general elections later this year.
The RLD's core vote bank is the Jat population. The Lok Sabha constituencies where there is a sizeable Jat population are Muzaffarnagar, Kairana, Bijnor, Mathura, Baghpat, Amroha and Meerut. These could be the seats on which the RLD is likely to contest.
Both the parties had contested the 2022 assembly elections in an alliance as well in which the SP had won 111 seats while the RLD bagged eight seats.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls also, the RLD was part of the SP-BSP alliance. The RLD had got Mathura, Baghpat and Muzaffarnagar seats but it lost on all the three seats while the SP and the BSP had won five seats and 10 seats respectively.
Though the RLD did not have enough strength to send Chaudhary to the Rajya Sabha, the SP supported him in his election. An RLD spokesperson, when asked on the issue of possibilities of joining the BJP, preferred not to comment.
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LIC website reduced to propaganda tool for Hindi imposition, says TN CM
LIC says 'technical problem' in shuffling language
New Delhi, Nov 19: Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Tuesday said its website was not shuffling language pages due to some "technical problem", and the issue has been resolved.
The use of the Hindi language on the home page of LIC had kicked up a storm earlier in the day, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin saying that the website has been reduced to a propaganda tool for imposing Hindi.
In a post on X later in the evening, LIC regretted the inconvenience to the users of its website and cited technical glitches which stopped the shuffling of the language.
"Our corporate website was not shuffling the language page due to some technical problem. The issue is resolved now, and the website is available in English/Hindi language," LIC said.
Posting a screenshot of the LIC of India webpage containing Hindi, the Tamil Nadu chief minister said in a post on social media platform X: "The LIC website has been reduced to a propaganda tool for Hindi imposition. Even the option to select English is displayed in Hindi".
This, Stalin claimed, was nothing but cultural and language imposition by force, trampling on India's diversity.
Terming the move as a "blatant imposition" of Hindi on other language-speaking people, BJP's ally and PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss, said this attempt by LIC is highly condemnable as it was trying to "push" a language among the non-Hindi speaking people.
"Giving sudden priority to Hindi alone is not acceptable as the LIC has a customer base drawn from the people from diverse languages in India," Ramadoss said in a post on X.
The home page of LIC should immediately be changed to English, and a Tamil version website should be started, he said.
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami flayed the LIC for making it all Hindi and said the revamped website was currently unusable for people who did not know that language.
"The language change option on the website is also in Hindi and is not possible to find it. It is reprehensible that the central government is going to any extent in imposing Hindi," he said on X.
The LIC website has been reduced to a propaganda tool for Hindi imposition. Even the option to select English is displayed in Hindi!
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) November 19, 2024
This is nothing but cultural and language imposition by force, trampling on India's diversity. LIC grew with the patronage of all Indians. How… pic.twitter.com/BxHzj28aaX
Our corporate website was not shuffling the language page due to some technical problem. The issue is resolved now, and the website is available in English/Hindi language. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.
— LIC India Forever (@LICIndiaForever) November 19, 2024
-Team LIC
