Samajwadi Party is the nursery for criminals : BJP

The BJP accused the Samajwadi Party of being the nursery for criminals, which not only introduced criminals into politics but also enabled them to acquire legitimacy in public life. The BJP charged that the Baghpat incident exposed that Samajwadi Party nurtured and patronised criminals and acquired political clout duringits tenure. State BJP spokesman Shalabhmani Tripathi said on Tuesday that the SP’s sole contribution was inducting cri minals like Mokhtar Ansari and Atiq Ahmed. He said that by questioning Yogi government’scompetence in controlling law and order, the SP chief has exposed himself. Defending the Yogi government, Tripathi said that the CM not only took serious view of the Baghpat incident and ordered action against lax officials, buthe also directed for strong action against the accused. The spokesman said that during SP regime headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav, BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai was shot dead. He alleged that instead of siding with the victims, the then SP regime was more inclined towatds protecting murder accused Mokhtar Ansari and his cohorts.  Tripathi said that BSP MLA from Allahabad Raju Pal was also shot dead during the Mulayam Singh regime and the government protected murder accused Atiq Ahmed. The BJP leader said that the close nexus of the SP with the mafia was exposed the day Yogi government introduced ‘UP Organized Crime Control Bill’ in the Assembly. He said that the SP along with Congress and BSP had opposed the Bill in the Assembly. Tripathi said that the people of the state were well aware that the SP always protected criminals and the ongoing drive against mafia and lawlessness has unnerved top echelons of the SP. He said under Yogi government, criminals instead of seeking bail were seeking to go to jail and 1,400 encounters have unleashed a reign of terror among criminals. He said that the enforcement campaign against criminals by the UP Police would continue.