PM did nothing for water scarce Bundelkhand, BJP will be ousted from power: SP-BSP

The SP and the BSP Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "doing nothing" for Uttar Pradesh's "thirsty" Bundelkhand region and claimed that people will bid goodbye to those chanting 'NaMo, NaMo'.

The Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) are fighting the Lok Sabha elections in an alliance in the state.

While SP chief Akhilesh Yadav dubbed Yogi Adityanath as "baba chief minister" and attacked Modi on the Budelkhand issue in a rally in Jhansi, BSP supremo Mayawati in Jalaun said the BJP will be ousted and no drama is going to help them.

"Sometime ago the prime minister had come here and told a story about the Kutch region in Gujarat which faced water problem and said life there has changed...the reality (here) is that he has done nothing for thirsty Bundelkhand," Yadav said.

"Have you all forgotten about the promises made in the 2014 elections...I want to ask the people of Jhansi and nearby places as to what change has come in your lives in the past five years," he said.

Taking a dig at local MP Uma Bharti, who is not in poll fray this time, Yadav said, "Remember she headed the department related to water and she had the responsibility of cleaning the Ganga."
Referring to Chief Minister Adityanath, he said, "Our state has a baba chief minister...when the baba chief minister had come for the first time before you he had talked about the Bundelkhand Expressway and Metro station in Jhansi."
On the prime minister, Yadav said, "Earlier he (Modi) had come in our midst as a 'chaiwala' (teaseller) now he has come as 'chowkidar' (watchman)...how much are you going to believe him."
The chief minister says in the state assembly that if law and order has to be improved then criminals need to be "knocked down...police does not understand who has to be knocked down...they are knocking down the people and people, when they get a chance, knock the police down," Yadav claimed
"This time you all are going to bid goodbye to the NaMo-NaMo people and choose Jai Bhim followers in the elections," she said