BSP, SP hand in glove, encouraging corrupt, goondas: BJP

Uttar Pradesh BJP today hit out at BSP and ruling Samajwadi Party accusing them of being "hand in glove" and "encouraging" the corrupt and goondas in the state.
During 2007 Assembly elections, BSP supremo Mayawati had announced that she would probe into the corruption of the then SP government and initiate action against those found guilty. A similar promise was made by SP in the 2012 polls, state BJP chief, Keshav Prasad Maurya claimed.
"Both had a tenure of five years but did nothing as per their promises only because they are hand in glove...Both encourage the corrupt and goondas," he alleged.

Maurya claimed the "exodus" in Kairana was a result of "high-handedness of a particular section of society" as well as an issue concerning law and order. It is a serious matter even if one family has to migrate.
BJP's fact-finding team has gone to Kairana and a course of action will be decided only after getting its report, he said.
"Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has not brought the truth of Mathura before the people and is blaming media for Kairana. The government should come out open on the details of Kairana incident," Maurya alleged.

Besides the three leaders, some in the party are also

hopeful about the prospects of Suresh Khanna and Satish Mahana, two MLAs who have been elected to the state assembly for eighth and seventh time. Khanna was the BJP legislature party leader in the outgoing assembly.
Names of Shrikant Sharma and Sidharth Nath Singh, two party national scretaries elected as MLAs for the first time, are also being mentioned as probables by a section of leaders, largely because of their proximity to the central leadership. However, their inexprience is seen as a handicap in a large and complex state like Uttar Pradesh.
Though firebrand five-term Lok Sabha member Yogi Adityanath (44) is the choice of the more vocal among the party workers, the seasoned ones believe that his brand of politics might not be beneficial for the party in the long run. Also, his hard line 'Hindutva' may not help in carrying along all sections.

The name of amiable Lucknow mayor and party's national vice-president Dinesh Sharma (53) is also being discussed. He is a Brahmin.
When contacted, some newly elected MLAs told