The SP chief raised concerns over the reports of EVMs not functioning properly at several booths during the first phase of polling….reports Asian Lite News
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has finally hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its attack on him regarding nepotism and dynastic politics.
“Those who do not have families cannot understand the agony of what the migrant labourers went through during the Covid lockdown. I want to say that only those who have families can understand the pain of a family. I am proud to have a family,” he said in a statement.
Akhilesh further said, “A family person will not run away with jhola (bag) and leave family behind. During the lockdown, if the chief minister had a family, he would have understood the pain of labourers walking miles to reach their home.”
He said, “BJP should observe two minutes of silence for their last manifesto as they could not fulfil the promises made five years ago.”
The SP chief raised concerns over the reports of EVMs not functioning properly at several booths during the first phase of polling.
“There were several reports that EVM was not functioning properly, voting was stopped for hours and people had to wait in order to cast their votes. The preparation for a fair election should have been done by the Election Commission to ensure smooth voting,” he said.
About the Allahabad High Courts granting bail to Ashish Mishra, the prime accused in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, Akhilesh said, “Government should have ensured strict punishment, but it obviously failed. The world has witnessed the incident that took place in Lakhimpur Kheri. Everyone is well aware of the fact that the BJP has been shielding the accused.”
The Samajwadi Party has already announced 33 per cent reservation for women in government jobs when it comes to power in Uttar Pradesh.
Releasing the party’s manifesto – ‘Vachan Patra’ – here, SP President Akhilesh Yadav said that the reservation would be for all categories including general.
He said that women presence in the police force would also be increased and 33 per cent reservation would be given to women.
The Samajwadi Party manifesto also announced 300 units of free power for domestic consumers and free power for small farmers.
“Those having less than two bighas of land will be given free fertiliser, free power, and interest-free loan so that all farmers can be loan-free by 2025. We will also ensure MSP for all farmers and cane dues will be paid within 15 days. For this, we will make a farmers’ corpus fund,” Akhilesh Yadav said.
For BPL families, the SP has announced two free gas cylinders and one litre of petrol per month for owners of two-wheelers. Auto drivers will get three litres petrol/6 kg of CNG per month.
In the IT sector, the SP will ensure 22 lakh jobs for the youth.
Akhilesh Yadav further said that when he comes to power, free education will be given from KG to PG and the ‘Kanya Vidya Dhan scheme will give each girl Rs 36,000. The Samajwadi pension will also be increased to Rs 18,000 per year.
Women helpline 1090 will be strengthened and the facility of lodging FIR on email and WhatsApp will be provided.