Heavy security deployed at SP headquarters in Lucknow after Akhilesh Yadav announced to visit JP Narayan Centre

LUCKNOW: Heavy security deployment was made outside the Samajwadi Party headquarters in Lucknow, the residence of SP National President Akhilesh Yadav, and at Jai Prakash Narayan International Centre on Friday morning.

The security deployment is in the wake of Akhilesh Yadav’s announcement that he would visit JPNIC on Friday to pay tributes to socialist leader Jai Prakash Narayan on his birth anniversary on October 11.
The JPNIC was a flagship project of the erstwhile SP govt. The project has been lying incomplete ever since SP was voted out of the govt in 2017.

In a post on X, Akhilesh wrote, "Whether it is the BJP people or their government, their every action is a symbol of negativity. To prevent the Samajwadi people from garlanding the statue of 'Jai Prakash Narayan Ji' on his birth anniversary like last time, barricades have been put up around our private residence to stop them."
On Thursday, hours after Akhilesh Yadav announced that he would visit JPNIC to pay floral tributes to socialist leader Jai Prakash Narayan at his statue installed inside the building compound, steel sheets were put up by the authorities to restrict entry into the premises.
Akhilesh visited the site on Thursday night and expressed his displeasure over the administration's attempt to stop him from paying tributes at Jai Prakash Narayan's statue.
What is govt hiding at JPNIC, asks Akhilesh
Akhilesh had announced to visit JPNIC on Friday after which the administration erected steel sheets at the entrance to restrict access. Once Akhilesh came to know about it, he reached the spot and questioned the govt’s intentions.
“What does the govt want to hide by restricting entry. It seems that the govt wants to hide its plans to sell off the premises. Let us see how long they will stop us. JPNIC houses a museum of socialists which can help people understand socialism.”
Later, taking to X, Akhilesh said that restricting entry to JPNIC reflects BJP’s “closed mindset” and ill-will towards every freedom fighter like Jayaprakash Narayan.

“BJP members did not participate in the freedom struggle. It is this guilt which stops them from paying tribute to revolutionaries on birth anniversaries,” he said.