When the UP government stopped Akhilesh Yadav from visiting the JP Convention Center on Friday, the SP leader decorated the statue of Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan installed in his house. Earlier, Akhilesh had spoken about laying a wreath at the Jai Prakash Narayan National Convention Center (JPNIC).
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The reason given by the UP government for arresting Akhilesh was that due to rain, there might be animals in JPNIC, so it is not safe to put up garlands. On Friday, the administration barricaded, laid cables and deployed forces outside Akhilesh’s house. A tin wall was also erected outside the JPNIC.
After being prevented from going to JPNIC, Akhilesh said that the government agents themselves were scorpions. He called on JDU chief Nitish Kumar to withdraw support to the BJP government at the Centre. Whereupon the JDU spokesperson advised him to be patient.
Akhilesh said: BJP government in UP is destructive Akhilesh said: UP government wants to sell JPNIC. Earlier also, we were forbidden to put up garlands. Yogi doesn’t know the story of Loknayak. The UP government is a dumb and deaf government. He is an expert in destruction rather than development.
The SP workers had arrived in chains.
SP had asked – Was Akhilesh put under house arrest? The face-off between the UP government and the SP began on Thursday evening, when Akhilesh posted a video in which workers were seen erecting a sheet metal shed wall at the entrance of JPNIC. Akhilesh had written in his message: “Stopping paying homage is not the sign of a civilized people.” The SP had questioned the government on Friday morning about the barricades and deployment of forces – is this house arrest?
SP and UP government clash for second time over JP Akhilesh and the UP government come face to face for the second time on the birth anniversary of Jai Prakash Narayan. Last year, Akhilesh had jumped through the gate of JPNIC to garland her. The construction of JPNIC was started by the SP government in 2013. When the Yogi government came in 2017, an investigation was started regarding the construction. Since then, the construction has been incomplete. Public entrance is also closed.
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