BSP’s Akash Anand slams BJP; calls Rahul, Akhilesh ‘uncle’ in reach out to youth ahead of UP polls

Hath as
(UP),
Aug
10
(PTI):
BSP
leade
Akash
A a d
o
Mo day
lau ched
a
b oadside
agai st
the
BJP
gove me t
i
Utta
P adesh
ove
jobs,
educatio
a d
law
a d
o de ,
while
taki g
digs
at
Co g ess
leade
Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
Samajwadi
Pa ty
chief
Akhilesh
Yadav,
calli g
them
both
“u cle”,
as
the
pa ty
stepped
up
p epa atio s
fo
ext
yea ’s
Assembly
electio s.

Add essi g
a
wo ke s’
co fe e ce
i
the
Sadabad
a ea
he e,
A a d
also
efe ed
to
ece t
p otests
by
stude ts
a d
youth
i
Delhi
a d
othe
pa ts
of
the
cou t y,
sayi g
me ely
maki g
speeches
a d
holdi g
p otests
would
ot
cha ge
the
gove me t.

The
Bahuja
Samaj
Pa ty
(BSP)
atio al
coo di ato
accused
the
BJP
gove me t
i
Utta
P adesh
of
faili g
o
employme t,
educatio
a d
law
a d
o de ,
a d
alleged
that
mo e
tha
Rs
7,000
c o e
had
bee
spe t
o
adve tiseme ts
ove
the
past
decade
to
hide
its
sho tcomi gs.

The
BSP
leade ,
who
is
the
ephew
of
pa ty
sup emo
a d
fo me
Utta
P adesh
chief
mi iste
Mayawati,
also
took
a
swipe
at
Akhilesh
Yadav,
efe i g
to
the
SP
chief
as
his
“u cle”,
st essi g
thei
age
diffe e ce.

He
also
efe ed
to
the
leade
of
oppositio
i
the
Lok
Sabha
as
“Rahul
u cle”.

A a d
said
the
state
gove me t
should
be
questio ed
about
its
pe fo ma ce
ove
the
last
10
yea s
as
the
Assembly
electio s
app oach.

He
alleged
that
mo e
tha
fou
lakh
gove me t
posts
we e
lyi g
vaca t
i
the
state,
while
seve al
competitive
exami atio s
had
wit essed
pape
leaks.

“Had
the
mo ey
bee
spe t
o
exami atio s
a d
employme t,
a
la ge
umbe
of
you g
people
could
have
got
gove me t
jobs,”
he
said,
efe i g
to
the
alleged
expe ditu e
o
adve tiseme ts.

A a d
also
claimed
that
mo e
tha
25,000
schools
had
bee
closed
i
the
state
a d
questio ed
the
gove me t’s
employme t
figu es,
sayi g
eve
people
selli g
s acks
o
u i g
a
oadside
stall
o ce
a
week
we e
cou ted
as
employed.

He
also
aised
questio s
ove
the
quality
of
developme t
p ojects,
efe i g
to
the
Luck ow-Ka pu
Exp essway,
allegi g
that
it
had
su k
at
seve al
places
withi
a
mo th
of
i augu atio .

The
BSP
leade
also
i voked
the
quality
of
the
Yamu a
Exp essway,
which
was
built
du i g
Mayawati’s
te u e
as
the
chief
mi iste ,
to
fu the
slam
the
Yogi
Aditya ath-led
gove me t.

O
law
a d
o de ,
A a d
questio ed
the
gove me t’s
eco d
o
c ime
a d
wome ‘s
safety
a d
took
a
dig
at
Chief
Mi iste
Aditya ath’s
claims
of
bei g
a
“e cou te
specialist”.

Tu i g
to
the
Co g ess,
A a d
said
the
pa ty
talks
about
the
Co stitutio
of
B
R
Ambedka
but
i
states
whe e
it
is
i
powe ,
it
is
doi g
what
the
BJP
gove me t
does.

He
also
ta geted
the
SP
a d
its
chief
Akhilesh
Yadav
as
he
efe ed
to
the
pa ty’s
PDA
(Pichhda,
Dalit,
Alpsa khyak)
fo mulatio
a d
alleged
that
it
“keeps
cha gi g”.

Refe i g
to
the
SP
chief
as
“u cle”,
A a d
said,
“I
am
30,
he
is
50…
What
else
should
I
call
him!
He’s
ot
‘bhaiyya’
(elde
b othe ),
he
is
u cle
to
me.
A d
I
am
sayi g
this
espectfully,”
A a d
told
the
gathe i g.

Refe i g
to
the
ece t
p otests
by
stude ts
a d
youth
i
Delhi
a d
othe
places,
A a d
said
he
did
ot
co side
leade s
of
the
moveme t
who
dema ded
the
educatio
mi iste ‘s
esig atio
to
be
w o g,
but
asse ted
that
me ely
maki g
speeches
a d
stagi g
p otests
would
ot
cha ge
the
gove me t.

“They
cha ged
o e
pe so
a d
b ought
a othe ,
but
eithe
the
policy
cha ged,
o
the
p ocess,
o
the
officials.
You
futu e
is
still
the
same,”
he
said.

“If
you
eally
wa t
to
fix
the
system,
you
will
have
to
cha ge
the
gove me t
a d
cha ge
the
people,”
A a d
said.

The
Sadabad
co fe e ce
was
o ga ised
i
suppo t
of
the
pa ty’s
ca didate
Avi
Sha ma,
as
pa t
of
the
BSP’s
p epa atio s
fo
ext
yea ’s
Assembly
electio s.
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