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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Members of Parliament (MPs) from Uttar Pradesh on Monday staged a daylong dharna in Lucknow as part of a state-wide agitation against power crisis and poor law and order situation in the state.
Around 50 MPs from the state, led by Laxmi Kant Bajpai, president of the Uttar Pradesh unit, staged a dharna at GPO Park in Hazratganj to protest against “power crisis, poor law and order situation and other public issues,” BJP spokesperson Vijay Bahadur Pathak said.
Accusing the Akhilesh Yadav government of neglecting BJP MPs, Bajpai said officers were not taking cognisance of the local problems being raised by them. “The state is facing flood and drought, power crisis is worsening day by day, but the Akhilesh government, which is involved in appeasement politics, is overlooking the plight of the people.” He said that BJP would protest against “anti-people policies” of the government at every level.
He said repeated incidents of crimes against women have brought disrepute to the state.
Attacking the government, he said the government had failed on the expectations of the people and the SP government was venting its frustration by neglecting BJP MPs.
Pathak said similar dharnas were held at the district level by local units.
The decision to stage state-wide dharna was taken during the state executive meeting held at Vrindavan last month.
Around 50 MPs from the state, led by Laxmi Kant Bajpai, president of the Uttar Pradesh unit, staged a dharna at GPO Park in Hazratganj to protest against “power crisis, poor law and order situation and other public issues,” BJP spokesperson Vijay Bahadur Pathak said.
Accusing the Akhilesh Yadav government of neglecting BJP MPs, Bajpai said officers were not taking cognisance of the local problems being raised by them. “The state is facing flood and drought, power crisis is worsening day by day, but the Akhilesh government, which is involved in appeasement politics, is overlooking the plight of the people.” He said that BJP would protest against “anti-people policies” of the government at every level.
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National General Secretary Ram Shanker Katheria said due to the vote-bank politics of the government, “several riots have taken place” one after another.
He said repeated incidents of crimes against women have brought disrepute to the state.
Attacking the government, he said the government had failed on the expectations of the people and the SP government was venting its frustration by neglecting BJP MPs.
Pathak said similar dharnas were held at the district level by local units.
The decision to stage state-wide dharna was taken during the state executive meeting held at Vrindavan last month.