 "Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav")
Yadav accused the BJP authorities of manipulating the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to solicit donations, which subsequently led to halted investigations | File picture | . (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav acknowledged on Tuesday that the electoral bond problem has uncovered the BJP’s extortion ways, alleging that the saffron celebration engages in extortion by misusing ED and CBI raids.
“The government has made extortion strategies, and now with the electoral bonds it has been proven that no one could have done extortion the way the BJP has done,” stated Yadav.
He went on to specific confidence that the BJP shall be ousted within the Lok Sabha elections, thereby safeguarding democracy.
The SP chief criticized the BJP for allegedly indulging in extortion below the guise of donations and misusing central companies. He emphasised, “The public will vote against the BJP due to injustice, atrocities, price rises, unemployment… The BJP misused constitutional institutions. It engaged in extortion by misusing ED and CBI raids.”
Yadav accused the BJP authorities of manipulating the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to solicit donations, which subsequently led to halted investigations.
“The BJP government sends the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), collect donations and then investigations get halted,” he stated.
He added that electoral bonds are nothing however a method to extort cash, including to which he stated, “The government is weakening the institutions and which will consequently weaken the democracy.”
He lashed out saying that the loans will not be being given to small businessmen, however they forgive 15 lakh crores of huge industrialists.
He even cautioned celebration employees and leaders to be on guard and alert towards the BJP and to stay vigilant through the elections.
On Sunday, Akhilesh Yadav skipped the mega rally of the INDIA bloc in Mumbai. The mega rally was organised at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park to mark the tip of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s 63-day-long Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
In a letter to Rahul Gandhi, the SP chief expressed his incapability to take part within the conclusion ceremony of the Yatra because of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 schedule and his preoccupation with the preparations for the upcoming nomination course of, which is able to begin on March 20.
The SP Chief additionally praised the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in his letter.
Meanwhile, the INDIA bloc leaders, together with Rahul Gandhi, M Okay Stalin, Uddhav Thackrey, Priyanka Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and several other others, posed collectively, showcasing the ‘unity’ within the alliance, on the end result of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on Sunday night.
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First Published: Mar 20 2024 | 9:45 AM IST
