BJP digs out Akhilesh Yadav's photo with tainted perfume traders Jain brothers

During a press conference held in Lucknow, the BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi disclosed a photograph that showed opposition party leader Akhilesh Yadav with the accused perfume traders Jain brothers during a foreign trip. He heavily criticised Yadav for his evident connection with the Jain brothers who were recently framed for tax evasion in Kanpur.

Lucknow: BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi took yet another dig at Samajwadi Party (SP) at a press conference held here on Saturday, as campaign for UP Assembly polls are in full swing in the state. The seven-phased elections will commence on February 10.

Trivedi, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP, highlighted the links of SP president Akhilesh Yadav with Jain brothers, the tainted the perfume traders, who were slapped with tax evasion charges by the Income Tax Department. Trivedi alleged that Yadav had gone for a foreign tour with the perfume traders accused in the tax evasion matter, when he was the CM of the state.

"Akhilesh Yadav had posted a tweet on 24 May 2015, with a photo with the Jain brothers who are the perfume traders who were recently caught with crores worth of cash, jewelry and sandalwood. He says that God came in his dreams. Then didn't god tell him a few things about karma? How will he get his conscience cleared after misusing the money of so many taxpayers? The people will never forgive him for this," he said.

He further pointed out that Yadav has deleted the tweet in question after the popular raids in Kanpur and Kannauj, but he had a print of the photograph in the tweet, which he displayed during the press conference.

Trivedi further shed light on other corruption attempts by the SP while talking to the reporters. He highlighted that as implied by the CAG report, there has been an economic scam ranging between Rs 52000 crores and 59,000 crores between 2005 and 2017. "The masses should hold them (Samajwadi Party) accountable for this. We (BJP) have ensured complete transparency during the development work that we carried out here. But in SP'S regime, most of the money has gone into their safes," he said.

Commenting on Akhilesh Yadav's objection to BJ[P's initiative of commencing digital campaigning for the upcoming elections, Trivedi said that this kind of comment is not expected from a well educated person with an expertise in technology. He said that the BJP will definitely go digital while campaigning, and showed affirmation in the possibility of BJP winning the UP elections with high majority.