MP Polls: Akhilesh Yadav Senses 'Wave Of Change', Slams Congress For Inaction On Mandal Report

“A wave of change was prevailing in Madhya Pradesh and SP candidates are going to win elections with a record margin," he stated.

File photo of Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav ( Image Source :pti )

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for making "false promises" to voters to retain power in Madhya Pradesh. He further claimed that a "wave of change" was visible in the BJP-ruled state.

The former Uttar Pradesh CM also attacked his INDIA bloc ally Congress, when it headed the government at the Centre, for not implementing the Mandal Commission recommendations, reported news agency PTI.

“A wave of change was prevailing in Madhya Pradesh and SP candidates are going to win elections with a record margin," he stated.

Addressing an election meeting to garner support for his party candidate Meera Yadav, Yadav said, "The Congress and the BJP formed governments in Madhya Pradesh but people remain in sorrow. The Congress could not save its MLAs from being looted. The BJP looted them,” he said.

He was referring to the collapse of the Congress government led by Kamal Nath in March 2020 following a rebellion by a section of party MLAs that paved the way for the BJP to return to power in MP after 15 months, reported PTI.

Hitting out at the ruling BJP for not keeping its promises, Yadav said “The BJP promised jobs to youths, farmers were told their income would double and they will get a reasonable price for their produce. Did the BJP keep its promises?"

“The BJP government (at the Centre) implemented a note ban (in 2016) and then indulged in corruption by reprinting them,” the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister alleged.

The saffron party has failed to check rising inflation and has only indulged in speaking lies to garner votes, he added.

“It was claimed the note ban will benefit farmers and curb corruption. Did it happen?” he asked, reported PTI.

Speaking about the backward classes, he said that it is unfortunate that Other Backward Classes (OBCs) were not getting 27 per cent reservation in government jobs and education despite constituting more than half of the state's population.

“If the SP gets an opportunity to form a government, it will carry out a caste-based census in Madhya Pradesh and ensure backward communities get reservation in accordance with their population,” he asserted.