Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and other party leaders on Monday led a march to the State Assembly from their party office against price rise and lawlessness in the Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh.
As the SP MLAs started gathering at the site, the police barricaded the entire area and deployed heavy security outside their office in the city.
The party MLAs are seen red and black denouncing the Yogi Adityanath-led administration’s failures to address several issues concerning the people. They are seen shouting slogans and indulging in scuffles with the police personnel.
Party MLAs and MLCs will highlight issues of unemployment, price rise, crime against women and poor law and order situation in the state in its march, the SP’s chief spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said.
Social harmony is in danger as the BJP government is working with a “revenge mentality”. Contrary to the spirit of democracy, the BJP is doing “politics of hate”, he alleged.
“There is no harm if any party asks their questions in a democratic way. Samajwadi Party should take permission for any procession which should not harm anyone. Following law and order is too much of an expectation from Samajwadi Party leaders,” Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said.
“They hadn’t taken permission. Still, they were assigned a designated route which wouldn’t have caused traffic congestion. They refused to take that. We’ve no option but to stop them here. If they take the designated route, there won’t be a problem,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) Piyush Mordia told.
Meanwhile Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM K P Maurya in a sharp retort called the SP “jobless and left with “nothing to do”
“SP’s protest is not related to the benefit of common people. If they want to discuss this, they are free to do it in the Assembly. Our government is ready for discussions. Samajwadi Party is jobless now, they’ve nothing to do. Such protests will only create problems for people” he said.
The march began from the SP office and would pass through Raj Bhavan and the Gandhi statue located near the General Post Office before culminating at the Vidhan Bhavan.
Party members will vigorously raise the problems of the people in both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council, the SP spokesperson said.
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