Facing flak on the law and order situation in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today hit back at BSP saying why it was voted out of power if the situation during its tenure was so good.
"If the law and order situation was so good during your regime, then why today you are sitting on that side (opposition benches)?" he said, during a debate on law and order situation in the state Assembly initiated by Leader of the Opposition Gaya Charan Dinkar (BSP), who spoke on admissibility of an adjournment notice on the issue.
Yadav recalled the alleged wrongdoings during the BSP rule following which several of its leaders had to go to jail.
"Don't forget you were elected ten years ago," he said.
He said BSP should thank him for taking action and getting arrested BJP leader (Daya Shankar Singh) who made derogatory remarks against their leader Mayawati.
"Your leader had said if I considered her as Bua (Aunt), I should get the BJP leader arrested for making comments on her. I got him arrested, and this also reflects that law and order situation in the state was good," the Chief Minister said.
Yadav said his government was working for women's security and claimed that some four lakh women have benefitted through the 1090 powerline.
Accusing BSP of not being interested in law and order situation but only wanting to take advantage of such incidents to meet its political ends, he said their (BSP) charges were far from reality that SP was working in tandem with BJP for polarisation of votes before the Assembly elections next year.
"It had been you who had ties with BJP. You sought votes for them in Gujarat, formed government with them and celebrated Raksha Bandhan," Yadav said and asked both the BSP and BJP to contest the 2017 Assembly elections on their own without joining hands.
Yadav claimed that if Samajwadi Party open its doors to
the deserters, then there will be a beeline of leaders from both the parties to join the Mulayum Singh-led party.
"Your leader should thank us that this chief minister has installed her portrait (whereas she had installed only her own statues)," he said.
Speaking on the admissibility of the notice, Dinkar presented statistics in detail to highlight the poor law and order situation in the state, especially with regard to crime against women and also cited the Bulandshahr rape case.
The BSP leader alleged that daily 24 cases of rapes, 21 of attempt to rape, 13 of murders and 19 of riots were taking place in the state and that 71 per cent of these cases were taking place in the areas which were represented by BJP and SP leaders in the house.
Dinkar, who alleged atrocities on dalits and Muslims, was criticised by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Azam Khan who recalled the speeches by BSP founder Kanshi Ram and party supremo Mayawati to stress that the party had no concern for Muslims.
"Although we have differences with BJP, they are better than you," he said referring to Kanshi Ram's solution to resolve Babri mosque dispute.
The BSP leader, however, alleged that the government lacked sensitivity on law and order and staged a walk out.
Apart from Dinkar, Suresh Khanna (BJP) and Pradip Mathur (Cong) also spoke on the issue.
