BJP Will Tamper with the Constitution and Take Away Voting Right: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the BJP will not win any seats in the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls and that the ruling party misunderstood the direction of the wind when it made its slogan of '400 paar'. He also said that the saffron party will tamper with the Constitution and take away the voting right.

Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged that the BJP will tamper with the Constitution and people's right to vote will be taken away.

Addressing a rally in Sambhal, Akhilesh said, "People do not want to listen to 'Mann Ki Baat' in this election. The public wants to listen to the Constitution. BJP has made up its mind to tamper with the Constitution. This Constitution will be changed and the right to cast a vote will also be taken away. That's why the people of the country are going to defeat BJP."

Akhilesh Yadav further said that the case should also be filed against those people who are commenting from big platforms against the Constitution and the country's mixed culture and brotherhood. "Will the Election Commission take any action against?," he asked.

"We saw in the last elections that the administration had snatched votes by deploying police in Bijnor, Saharanpur and Rampur," the SP chief claimed.

He also claimed that the BJP will not win any seat in the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls and that the ruling party misunderstood the direction of the wind when it made its slogan of 400 paar.

Akhilesh also said the Samajwadi Party had an advantage in the third phase, saying that elections on May 7 will be held between Sambhal and his home in Etawah and Mainpuri.

"BJP people did not know the direction of the wind, so they kept saying 400 'paar' (winning over 400 seats) and when they realised the public sentiment after the two phases of the election, BJP forgot its slogan," the former UP chief minister said.

"The wind that came from the west (western UP) in the first phase will change the BJP government. The similar trend was seen in the second phase also. People are not accepting the BJP," the SP chief said.

It is now your responsibility in the third phase, he added to those gathered for the rally taken out in support of party candidate Zia ur Rahman Barq. "These elections are being held from this part till our home. Netaji (SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav) has also been an MP from this area (Sambhal). Voting is going to take place from here to Mainpuri. I can say that the BJP is not going to open its account in any Lok Sabha seat here," Yadav said.

Mulayam Singh, an ex-CM and the SP chief's father, was elected an MP from Sambhal Lok Sabha constituency twice in 1998 and 1999. "Next to you, Samajwadi Party is winning in Rampur and Moradabad and if all the Lok Sabha seats nearby are winning, then will the people of Sambhal be left behind?"

"When the seats where BJP lost with the highest number of votes are counted, the name of Sambhal Lok Sabha should be included in that count also, he further urged the voters.

He also said the election in Sambhal are an opportunity to pay tribute to party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq, who was declared as the SP candidate but died earlier this year.

We gave the ticket to the very popular Shafiqur Rahman Barq Saheb but he is no longer with us. This is an opportunity to pay tribute to him He always stood for the rights of his people, he said.

Asserting that the BJP insulted the farmers, Yadav said, "The INDIA alliance government will waive off the loans of farmers. We will provide facilities to farmers.We will guarantee MSP for crops.

He added that the BJP betrayed the youth just like the farmers. It was promised to provide two crore jobs every year to the youth. Ever since BJP came to government, papers of every recruitment exam are being leaked, the SP leader said.

The SP chief said that the BJP government has "abolished permanent recruitment in the Army" and "introduced the Agniveer scheme and made it a four-year job".

Akhilesh said he was worried that under the current government, even policemen may be asked to serve for only three years like the Agniveer. In Uttar Pradesh, voting took place on eight seats in the first phase on April 19 and eight seats in the second phase on April 26, and most of these seats were in Western Uttar Pradesh.

In the third phase, voting will be held on 10 seats in Sambhal, Hathras, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Amla and Bareilly on May 7. Voting is scheduled to be held in all seven phases on 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh.

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