File photo of Samajwadi Party Chairman Akhilesh Yadav.
The party’s comments came after a video clip of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath went viral on social media, where he was heard saying, ‘Ab to Ballia Ka Naam Lene Me Bhi Darr Lag Raha Hai.’
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The Samajwadi Party, which lashed out at the current Uttar Pradesh government led by Yogi Adityanath, claimed that the government cannot handle the law and order situation and demanded the imposition of the president’s rule in the state.
“UP CM Yogi Adityanath himself is murdering law and order in the state. The entire government has surrendered to criminals. Yesterday a video went viral in which CM Yogi can be heard saying that he is now afraid of Ballia. Why are you afraid of Ballia now? Because your thugs are murdering the Dalits. The UP CM now fears bullies, the CM should say which party the defendant belonged to in the Ballia incident. I believe that now the rule of presidents should be imposed in the state, ”said Sunil Singh Sajan, spokesman for the Samajwadi Party and MLC.
The party’s comments came after a video clip of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath went viral on social media, where during a meeting he was heard saying: ‘Ab to Ballia Ka Naam Lene Me Bhi Darr Lag Raha Hai.’ The opposition has criticized BJP for the Ballia incident, where a BJP MLA aide murdered a man in front of SDM during a public meeting calling for the allocation of government quotas on Thursday.
The main defendant, Dhirendra Singh, had fled the scene amid a situation similar to a stampede in the village of Durjanpur, in the Reoti area, Ballia district.
However, Dheerendra was arrested by UP STF detectives in Lucknow on Sunday morning along with two other defendants near Janeshwar Mishr Park located in the Gomti Nagar area of the state capital. Taking notice of the incident, CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered the immediate suspension of local subdivisional magistrate (SDM) Suresh Pal, circle officer Chandrakesh Singh and other police personnel who were present at the scene. He also ordered that strict action be initiated against the accused.
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