‘BJP has made Uttar Pradesh the capital of fake encounters,’ says Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the BJP has turned Uttar Pradesh into the capital of fake encounters.

“In Uttar Pradesh, there have been many encounters where fingers have been raised… The government has targeted most of the people from PDA families in many encounters. BJP has made Uttar Pradesh the capital of fake encounters,” Yadav said.

“…We assure the people of Ayodhya that in two years, when we form the government, we will make Ayodhya a world-class city,” he added.

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav takes to social media platform ‘X’ to express his views

Earlier, the SP leader had posted on X: “A pattern of encounters has been established under the BJP regime: first pick someone, then concoct a story of a fake encounter, then show fake photos to the world, and after the murder, when the family members tell the truth, pressurise them with various kinds of pressure and enticements. The more the BJP with its troops tries to prove that such encounters are true, the bigger the lie that encounter actually is. BJP conducted the truth encounter itself.”

Congress slams BJP over alleged encounters in state

The Congress has also criticised the BJP government over alleged clashes in the state.

“Mangesh Yadav’s meeting in Sultanpur has once again proved that BJP does not believe in ‘Rule of Law’. Professional forces like STF are being run as ‘criminal gangs’ under the BJP government, the silence of the central government on this is their clear agreement on this ‘thoko policy’. Dozens of meetings of UP STF are under discussion. Has any action been taken against any of those officers so far? After all, who is saving them and why. Touching the Constitution in front of the cameras is just a pretext, while your own governments are openly tearing it to shreds,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had said in a message on X on September 8.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath slams Samajwadi Party leaders over allegations

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath last week slammed Samajwadi Party leaders for their allegations.

“You see, when a mafia or a dacoit is killed in an encounter with the police, it is as if the police have touched a nerve and they start shouting. Tell me, if a dacoit, who was killed in an encounter, had been left behind to continue his crimes, could the Samajwadi Party bring back those lives? During the SP government, the police used to run while the goons chased them. Today, their roles have been reversed. The mafia runs, the police chases,” the Chief Minister said.