‘BJP discriminates, its policies destructive’, says Akhilesh, points at hunger index

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has accused the BJP of using caste to drive a wedge between people and painting a rosy picture of the country while countless go hungry.

Akhilesh made the remarks while addressing the public at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Park in Gomti Nagar on the 57th death anniversary of the eponymous socialist thinker on Saturday (October 12).

Lohia’s path

“BJP’s policies are destructive. They want to overturn everything ensured in the Constitution. These are the people who do politics of hate. They discriminate. These are the people who want to do politics by making religions and castes fight,” Yadav said.

Akhilesh said Lohia opposed discrimination at every level and claimed that only the ideology of socialism championed by him can eradicate poverty.

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“Inflation and poverty will be eradicated only by Dr Ram Manohar Lohia’s price fixation policy. Lohia ji had shown the path of prosperity in the society through Sapt Kranti,” he said.

Tributes were paid to Lohia at Samajwadi Party offices across districts of Uttar Pradesh and other states.

Thick veneer of “false data”

“The fall of a country’s currency is a symbol of the fall of the economy. No matter how thick the veneer of false data is, the truth has been revealed to the world,” the former UP chief minister said.

“At a time when the government says we have a $5-trillion economy, if our economy is moving forward, where do we stand on the Hunger Index? At 105th place!” he added.

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Akhilesh also claimed the number of train accidents were rising under the current Union government helmed by the BJP, despite claims being made of improvements in the railways.

(With agency inputs)