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Raking up the issue of misuse of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday said fighting with the government was not easy, as it could use the agency and put one in jail.
"Sarkar se ladna asan nahi hai. Sarkar ke hazaron haath hote hain. CBI ka upyog kar sakti hai...Jail me dal sakti hai" (It's not easy to fight with the government. It has thousands of hand and can use CBI and put one in jail)," he told reporters here in reply to a question.
The SP supremo also said the party must be ready for the Lok Sabha polls any time and win a high number of seats in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress, however, dismissed Yadav's remark as "political slogan".
Also, for the second time in two weeks, Yadav praised senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani, who was earlier lauded by the SP supremo, as the "tallest leader" of the country. Yadav's praise of Advani on March 23 had triggered speculation he was perhaps cosying up to BJP, with an eye on the Lok Sabha elections. However, presenting a very different picture, BJP National Vice-President Uma Bharti said there could never be an alliance between BJP and SP.
"Mulayam Singh Yadav in no way is the representative of Lohia. The manner in which he ran the government is totally opposite to the ideology of Lohia. Therefore, he is a pseudo Lohiaite," Uma told reporters in Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.
