BJP neglected weavers, but Samajwadi Party always stood by them, says Akhilesh Yadav

Yadav said that on return to power, his party’s government would consider all the demands of weavers sympathetically and will also form a weavers’ commission.

Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said that weavers, who play an important role in UP and the country’s economy, were facing neglect and injustice from the government.

Well-known mango grower Kalimullah Khan gave Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and his two children, Tina and Arjun, a mango weighing 2 kg in Malihabad (Lucknow), on Saturday. Akhilesh had gone to Malihabad on Khan’s invitation. He saw a special mango tree in Khan’s orchard that bears 300 varieties of mangoes. (SOURCED)

The SP chief was speaking at a gathering of weavers who came to meet him at the party’s state headquarters from different parts of Uttar Pradesh.

“The BJP neglected the weavers’ community, while the SP has always been with them. The BJP hardly cares for the poor, weavers and farmers. The SP government had introduced a scheme for electricity at flat rates to weavers, but the BJP enhanced power tariff. The price rise has hit weavers badly, their trade is ruined,” he said at the meeting organised by the Bunkar Adhikar Sangh (an association of weavers).

Yadav said that on return to power, his party’s government would consider all the demands of weavers sympathetically and will also form a weavers’ commission.

The last SP government had helped in the development of the carpet industry of Bhadohi in eastern Uttar Pradesh, built Awadh Shilp Gram for artisans, and had started facilities for weavers at Mubarakhpur in Noida, the party chief said.

The weavers who participated in the meeting came from Barabanki, Ambedkarnagar, Meerut, Varanasi, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Sant Kabir Nagar, Mau, Bijnor, Hapur and Etah districts, said SP state spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary.

SP says it has no problem with Priyanka meeting two of its workers

The Samajwadi Party (SP) has no problem or objection to Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s meeting with two SP women members in Lakhimpur Kheri district of the state, the SP’s state spokesperson and former Uttar Pradesh minister Rajendra Chaudhary said.

“We have no problem, no objection,” Chaudhary said.

Earlier last week, the two women had met SP national president Akhilesh Yadav after the party raised the issue of misbehaviour with the women during the filing of nominations for the block pramukh polls. The SP chief had attacked the BJP government and the state police over the incident.

Akhilesh Yadav had assured them that the party will struggle for them.