NPR, NRC against poor, minorities, I will not fill up the forms: Akhilesh Yadav

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday (December 29) said the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) were against the poor people and minorities of the country while asserting that he will not fill up the NPR form.

Addressing a press conference at the Samajwadi Party (SP) headquarters here, he said, “Be it the NPR or the NRC, these are against the poor people, minorities, and Muslims of the country.”

“The question is whether we want the NRC or employment? If the need arises, I will be the first person not to fill up any form. Will you support me or not? If we do not fill-up the form, we will be thrown out. I will not fill-up the form, you say whether you will fill-up the form or not?,” Yadav asked young SP leaders.

“I would like to tell the policemen, who are wielding lathis on people, that the certificates of their mothers and fathers will also be sought,” he said.

All Indians should come forward to save the country from those violating the Constitution, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said.

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He alleged that this (CAA and NRC) was being done so that the public did not raise any questions about the poor state of the economy and basic problems.

“During demonetisation, the government had said corruption will end, but that proved to be untrue. Due to demonetisation, a number of banks closed down, while the GST (Goods and Services Tax) ruined businesses. The condition is such that the countrys economy has come out of the ICU and gone to the ICCU,” Yadav said.

“During the days of the SP government (in Uttar Pradesh), youngsters got laptops, while the BJP is taking them towards toilets. Understand the difference,” he added.

He also accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of trying to save his chair by doing “injustice” to Muslims in the garb of action taken against people protesting the contentious citizenship law and the NRC.

A number of Bharatiya Janata Party legislators had staged a sit-in during the recent assembly session after a ruling party lawmaker accused the present regime of harassing him.

Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, Yadav said: “Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath knows that 200 BJP MLAs had staged a sit-in against him inside the UP Assembly. To save his chair, he is doing injustice on Muslims.”

The SP leader claimed that if the BJP MLAs were taken into confidence, it would emerge that 300 MLAs were angry with the chief minister.

“He (Adityanath) is afraid of this and getting injustice done by the police to save his chair,” Yadav said.

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At least 19 people were killed across the state in widespread clashes during protests against the amended Citizenship Act and proposed a nationwide NRC. Yadav said the truth would come out if a probe by a retired high court or Supreme Court judge was conducted into the violence.

“It will also become clear that the people who died in the violence were killed by police bullets. What is the truth that the government wants to hide?” Yadav asked.