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UP polls: Dynasts-backed mafias grabbed rations meant for poor, says PM Modi
UP Assembly polls 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the previous Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government of grabbing properties belonging to the people
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday continued his attack on the Samajwadi Party government in Kaushambi in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.
“During the tenure of previous government, criminals roamed freely and grabbed properties belonging to the common people. Our mothers and sisters felt really unsafe while leaving their homes,” he said.
Continuing his attack, the prime minister said, “Instead of providing good governance, the party which ruled Uttar Pradesh previously exploited the people and built lavish palaces,” the prime minister said.
Ever since the Ahmedabad court sentenced 38 convicts to death in the 2008 serial blasts that rocked the city, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been relentlessly attacking SP chief Akhilesh Yadav by accusing him of having links to the terror accused.
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During the rally in Kaushambi, PM Modi invoked the blasts that had taken place in Lucknow and Varanasi.
“The Samajwadi government did everything to free the terror accused and withdrew the cases against them,” he said.
Prime Minister Modi took a swipe at Akhilesh over law and order, accusing his government of protecting ration mafia.
“During the past regimes, the ration sent for the poor used to reach ration Mafias. The common people never knew when the distribution of ration at the shops began and ended. The agents of the dynastic political parties used to loot this ration meant for the poor. Even their ministers, MPs and MLAs used to remain involved in this loot,” he added.
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