LUCKNOW: Mounting a pointed attack on BJP, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Wednesday that the state government was resorting to statements like ‘Ram naam satya kar do’ and ‘jihad‘ to cover its failures.
His statement came a day after the state cabinet approved a proposal to enact a law to check forced religious conversions often referred to as ‘love jehad’. Earlier, chief minister Yogi Adityanath had announced that the government would come out with a law to deal with ‘love jihad' and used the chant ‘Ram Naam Satya Hai’ to caution those who don't respect women.
“Farmer are committing suicide after failing to pay their loans, youths are ending their life after failing to get employment, women and girls are consuming poison to escape sexual exploitation. But these issues have failed to draw the CM’s attention. For him there is only one solution to all the problems – ‘Ram naam satya kar do,” said Ahkilesh.
He said the governments which follow ‘Ram Naam Satya’ motto cannot think of people’s welfare and never spare time to launch welfare schemes which can bring relief to people. “The government has no time to fulfil promises it had made during the election like ensuring 150 per cent return for farmers on the cost of their crop, employment to youths and Rs 15 lakh to every individual,” he said.
Akhilesh said the CM wants to rake up jihadi conflicts in order to shift the people’s focus from real issues. “To divide the society by spreading hatred is an old strategy of the BJP-RSS combine. New laws are being introduced merely to hide the government’s failures. Talking tough is not enough and cannot bring any change. It is not the law which is stringent or lax, it is the manner, intention and sincerity with which a law is implemented that makes the difference,” Akhilesh said.
The SP chief said the BJP government talks about zero tolerance towards corruption and similar slogans for controlling crime, but none of them seem to have seen the light of the day. “People have understood that this government can only coin slogans and cannot bring any relief to people. Now people have decided to chant “Ram Naam Satya” for the government in the 2022 elections,” Akhilesh added.