If BJP allowed to become stronger, people may lose their voting right: Akhilesh Yadav

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
09:
Samajwadi
Party
chief
Akhilesh
Yadav
here
on
Tuesday
alleged
that
people
may
lose
their
right
to
vote
if
the
BJP
is
allowed
to
become
stronger
as
he
accused
the
ruling
party
of
undermining
the
country’s
democratic
institutions
and
the
Constitution.

He
said
there
are
some
countries
where
”no
voting
takes
place” and
in
sweeping
remarks
questioned
the
electoral
system
in
China
and
Russia.

”Is
there
any
election
in
the
neighbouring
country
of
China.
If
you
go
beyond,
are
there
any
elections
in
Russia?
In
Pakistan,
the
Army
rules
the
roost
and
install
in
power
whoever
they
want
to.
Are
there
any
elections
in
Myanmar
and
its
surrounding
countries?
So,
be
careful,”
Yadav
said
during
an
event
at
Jhauva
village
on
August
Kranti
Diwas.

Yadav
alleged
that
the
BJP
takes
votes
of
backward
castes
and
the
Dalits
but
did
not
give
them
their
due.

With
support
of
160
MLAs,
Nitish
Kumar
stakes
claim
to
form
government
in
Bihar
‘AGAIN’

”Your
employment
is
being
taken
away
and
the
Constitution
is
also
being
attacked.
If
these
people
become
more
powerful,
then
you
may
also
lose
your
right
to
vote.
You
should
not
take
this
as
a
joke,”
Yadav
said.

Terming
the
present
regime
in
the
Centre
as
the
government
of
industrialists,
the
former
Uttar
Pradesh
chief
minister
said
the
East
India
Company
had
come
to
India
to
do
business
but
later
the
British
passed
a
law
that
made
the
company
a
government.

”Today,
properties
of
India
are
being
sold
by
BJP
people.
They
have
given
the
whole
country
to
industrialists.
If
these
people
stay
for
a
few
more
days,
then
we
and
you
will
be
made
slaves,” he
said.

Taking
a
jibe
at
the
BJP’s
”Har
Ghar
Tiranga”
campaign
and
the
RSS,
he
said,
”Today,
they
want
a
Tricolour
at
every
home.
If
you
go
through
history,
these
are
the
same
people
who
once
opposed
the
Tricolour.”
Referring
to
the
Agneepath
scheme
of
recruitment
in
the
armed
forces,
Yadav
said,
”Now,
there
is
a
temporary
system
in
the
Army,
after
a
few
days
there
will
be
a
temporary
system
in
police
and
PAC
too.
After
a
few
days,
they
will
also
be
outsourced.”
He
also
alleged
that
the
BJP
leaders
knew
where
the
politician
who
had
misbehaved
with
a
woman
in
Noida
was
”hiding”
and
he
had
links
with
influential
ruling
party
ministers
and
MLAs.

Yadav
also
said
the
BJP
”deliberately
arrested”
him
on
August
9,
which
is
an
”insult
to
revolutionaries”
who
fought
for
the
country’s
freedom.
He,
however,
did
not
elaborate
on
his
remark.

August
9
is
being
observed
as
the
August
Kranti
Diwas,
the
day
the
Quit
India
movement
was
lodged
against
the
British
in
1942.
The
Kakori
train
robbery
by
Indian
revolutionaries
also
took
place
on
this
day
in
1925.

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His
remark
indicated
to
a
statement
by
Uttar
Pradesh
Chief
Minister
Chief
Minister
Yogi
Adityanath,
who
had
slammed
the
Congress
for
holding
a
protest
over
price
rise
and
other
issues
on
August
5,
the
day
which
marked
the
beginning
of
the
construction
of
the
Ram
temple
in
Ayodhya.

Adityanath
had
called
the
Congress
protest
an
insult
to
”Ram
bhakts”
as
opposition
party
leaders
wore
black
clothes.

Without
taking
any
name,
Yadav
referred
to
the
conviction
of
state
minister
Rakesh
Sachan
in
an
Arms
Act
case,
saying,
”A
minister
fled
with
the
entire
file
from
the
court
when
he
came
to
know
that
a
decision
is
coming
against
him.”
”Has
the
government
saved
him
or
not,” Yadav
asked
people
adding
that
fake
cases
are
being
lodged
by
the
government
against
socialists
and
Muslims,
who
made
an
equal
contribution
for
the
country’s
freedom.

”If
you
go
across
any
list
of
freedom
fighters,
Muslims
had
equal
contribution,”
he
said
accusing
the
BJP
of
pursuing
the
”divide
and
rule”
policy
of
the
British.