No Ramrajya in UP, BJP govt taken lessons from Ravan: Akhilesh Yadav

Trashing the BJP claim of good governance in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said calling the state Ramrajya was unfair to Lord Ram.

Ram ko dhoka hai (It's cheating Ram), Yadav said while accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of having taken lessons from Kalyugi Ravan, the demon king.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed in the past that the state is moving towards the ideal of Ramrajya.

"They say there is Ramrajya in the state. Yeh Ram ko dhoka hai. It seems they have learnt from Ravan and that is why they are working as Kalyugi Ravan," Akhilesh Yadav said in an interview to PTI.

He claimed Adityanath has failed on all fronts and development taken a backseat.

"I can't call him Yogi as his behaviour is against what Lord Krishna has preached in the Gita, Yadav said.

Had there been an institution where a complaint can be registered for using the term 'yogi', I would have been the first one to do so as he cannot provide justice to the people."
Citing an alleged fake encounter in which a Jhansi man Pushpendra Yadav was shot dead by police, Yadav said, Anyone can be killed in this regime. There is no law and order. The police are killing the innocent and the government, instead of punishing them, is shielding criminals."
Asked if his party is withdrawing its disqualification petition against Shivpal Yadav from the state assembly, he said, "We have given the petition. It's up to the assembly Speaker to decide. We are not withdrawing it."