UP: Akhilesh Yadav criticises BJP for Lakhimpur violence, says his party will restore farmers’ power

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Uttar Pradesh government for its handling of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, reported The Indian Express.

Yadav censured the saffron party while addressing the Vijay Rath Yatra in Kanpur – the opening rally of his 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election campaign.

On October 3, eight people, including four farmers, were killed during a protest against the Centre’s farm laws in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. Farmer bodies have alleged that a vehicle belonging to Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, had run over the protestors.

Yadav said that the BJP had failed to remove Ajay Mishra from the post of Union minister, and claimed that his son was arrested only due to pressure from Opposition parties.

He also declared that the Samajwadi Party would restore the “power of the farmers” who were “crushed” by the saffron party.

“We stand for change bringing relief to farmers, youth and the people of UP,” Yadav told News18. “Look at the way the farmers have been crushed. The farmers’ income has not increased.”

He added that his party will “throw the Bharatiya Janata Party out of power” after the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, The Indian Express reported.

“This government and our ‘baba chief…

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