Lucknow,

15 April (HS): Akhilesh Yadav, chief of the Samajwadi Party, accused the BJP

administrations in Uttar Pradesh and at the Centre of failing to deliver on

their promises and of repackaging old initiatives with new names to deceive the

public. In a post on X, Yadav took a shot at the BJP by saying that everything

around them is becoming zero before they do. According to the former chief

minister, just as their ‘zero tolerance’ has become zero, the ‘zero poverty’

mantra will become a BJP-style jumla as well. India invented the notion of zero

in mathematics, not to spread lies among people, he stressed. Poverty

is erased by deeds rather than words.

And when it comes to activity, the BJP government is at zero, Yadav

remarked. He said that the government will leave everything in

shunya (zero) condition before departing. He also chastised the BJP

for rebranding rural development projects. They may continue their old history

of deception by rebranding plans like Ambedkar Village and Lohia Village and

presenting them in different formats, but they have nothing fresh to offer, he

said. Yadav asked the BJP to keep its pledges.

Before

making fresh promises, they should put Rs 15 lakh into people’s bank accounts,

visit adopted villages to see their condition, and clear the dust from the

unmet pledges of homes for everybody and water in every household, he added. Stop

lying to the needy, he urged, calling the BJP’s stance

deplorable.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi