Covid Not Yet Over, BJP Busy Strategising Its Way Back to Power in UP, Says Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said on Tuesday internal tussle of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was affecting the state’s progress. Yadav said development schemes have come to a standstill as BJP leadership has to coordinate between the saffron camp and the Yogi Adityanath-led government.
“The sole purpose of such meetings and consultations with the Sangh is to reoccupy power. Even as the state struggled to deal with the coronavirus crisis, the BJP is back to strategising its way back to power” the SP supremo said in a statement. Uttar Pradesh is slated to witness Assembly election in 2022.
“To hide failures, false stories are being told. The BJP government said it has made concrete arrangements for a possible third wave of COVID-19. However, arrangements for the second wave are not yet in place. There has been unpardonable negligence in the treatment of black fungus. The government is not able to provide even necessary injections. Patients are dying in agony. A year and a half later, the government is now planning an intensive investigation into the infection. What was everybody doing till now?” Yadav said.