RSS-BJP talk swadeshi, back videshi products: Akhilesh
Lucknow:
Samajwadi Party
president
Akhilesh Yadav
on Thursday said the RSS and BJP promote swadeshi products only when they are in the opposition but when in govt they frame policies that encourage foreign goods, especially Chinese.
"When out of the govt, the BJP and RSS never get tired of talking about the importance of swadeshi (Indian). The RSS leaders make tall claims and give long lectures on promoting Indian products. Now that they are in the govt, they have formulated policies because of which foreign made products have flooded the Indian market. Goods made in China have virtually captured the Indian market," Akhilesh said.
He blamed the faulty policies of the saffron party responsible for "completely destroying the cottage and small-scale industries in the country".
The former UP CM said the BJP govts at the Centre and UP lack vision needed for the development of the country.
"This is because their focus always remains on hatching conspiracies to defame opposition leaders. They blatantly misuse the govt machinery to malign the image of the opposition and its leaders. Their approach is dictatorial, and they want to control the constitutional institutions in India," Akhilesh said.
He called upon the cadres to strengthen the booths for the 2027 assembly polls and beware of BJP's conspiracies to manipulate elections.
"It is the responsibility of our booth level leaders to ensure that the voter lists are in order and free of anomalies," he said.
'Transfer scam is BJP's corruption'
Lucknow: Taking a jibe at the BJP govt over cancellation of 202 transfers in stamp and registry department over allegations of irregularities, Akhilesh Yadav said in the BJP regime such exposes surface only when someone is deprived of his share in corruption.
Akhilesh posted a video of the minister for stamp and registration talking to the media about how 202 officers and employees of his department were transferred without his knowledge and how the transfer list was found to be riddled with anomalies, to state that in BJP govt, corruption has several beneficiaries and was not limited to one or two individuals. Earlier, the former UP CM had cited the suspension of Invest UP CEO senior IAS Abhishek Prakash over charges of corruption as a classic case where the irregularities came to fore after some individuals were denied share in the cut.
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