Road Caves In Sitapur District Due To Floods, Akhilesh Yadav Asks 'BJP Govt To Wake Up From Sleep'

Akhilesh Yadav criticised the BJP government for failing to protect lives and property during a canal breach, and for allegedly misusing funds for road repairs.

File photo of Samajwadi Party chief and Kannauj MP Akhilesh Yadav

Source : PTI

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav took a jibe at the BJP government over the floods in Sitapur saying that the government should wake up from its slumber and come forward to protect the lives and property of the people.

Akhilesh made the remarks over a video he posted on his social media handle X, stating that villages and their agriculture were badly affected due to the breakage of a part of the Sharda Sahayak Canal in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh. 

"More than two dozen villages and their agriculture have been badly affected due to the breach of a part of the Sharda Sahayak Canal in Sitapur. The BJP government should wake up from its slumber and come forward to protect the lives and property of the people, leaving aside the politics of mutual conflict in this emergency, "he said in a post on X.

सीतापुर में शारदा सहायक नहर का एक भाग खंडित होने से दो दर्जन से अधिक गाँव और उनकी खेती बुरी तरह प्रभावित हुई है। भाजपा सरकार नींद से जागे और इस आपातकाल में आपसी झगड़े की राजनीति छोड़कर, जनता के जान-माल की रक्षा के लिए आगे आए। pic.twitter.com/gIzVhuMXsJ

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) August 26, 2024

Akhilesh Accuses BJP Of Corruption

He also took a dig over the pothole video on the Farrukhabad-Aliganj-Etah road, accusing the BJP of corruption stating that the funds meant for repairs were instead used to line the pockets of BJP MLAs. "This is the pothole-filled Farrukhabad-Aliganj-Etah road, the funds for making it pothole-free were used to fill the potholes in the pockets of BJP MLAs," he also said in another post on X.

ये है गड्ढों से भरी फ़र्रूख़ाबाद-अलीगंज-एटा की हिचकोले खाती सड़क, जिसके गड्ढा मुक्त करने के फ़ंड से भाजपा के विधायकों की जेबों के गड्ढे भरे गये।

इसे आख़िरी बार अच्छी तरह से देख लीजिए क्योंकि जब सपा की तरफ से ये समाचार बनकर भाजपा सरकार के सामने आएगा तो देखियेगा कल से ही इस सड़क… pic.twitter.com/m4XTqWSZv5

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) August 25, 2024

"Look at it carefully for the last time because when this news from SP comes in front of BJP government, then you will see that from tomorrow itself this road will start getting repaired. We are saying this with the hope that there may be no public shame in the shameless eyes of the corrupt but there will be some fear of the public in their hearts, " further stated.