Mulayam mum on UP split, harps on irrigation woes
Srinand Jha, Hindustan Times
Etah, November 16, 2011
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav launched his party's
election campaign for 2012 assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh on
Wednesday with a promise to provide free irrigation but was silent on
CM Mayawati's proposal to split UP.
"The SP is contesting to win the elections on its
own. If elected, our government will provide free irrigation to
farmers," Yadav told a rally at the SP bastion of Etah, approximately
300 km from Lucknow.
In an attack on the "corrupt and tyrannical" state government, the SP
chief said: "Mayawati is unable to get proper sleep at night unless a
bribe of Rs 2 crore is delivered to her each day."
"Even a chaprasi (peon) in the chief minister's office has become a
crorepati," Yadav said, alleging a nexus between the Congress and the
BSP, the party Mayawati heads.
"The central government has the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
under its command, but is doing nothing to check the corruption of the
Mayawati government."
In his half-hour speech, the SP supremo remained silent on the state
government's decision to split the state into four parts and also made
no reference to the BJP, which is generally in support of such a move.
In an effort to reach out to the minorities, Yadav alleged the Muslims
were being discriminated against. "Nothing has been done about the
recommendations of the justice Rajinder Sachar and justice Ranganath
Mishra committee reports."
Yadav expressed regret again for having expelled from the party SP
leader Azam Khan, who has returned, however.
Speaking earlier, Khan raked up the Babri Masjid demolition issue and
said that the Congress must rebuild the mosque in Ayodhya, before
appealing for Muslim votes.
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