Akhilesh flays govt over law, order

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Akhilesh flays govt over law, order

Saturday, 04 July 2020 | PNS | Lucknow



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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has alleged political-criminal nexus behind the gruesome killing of eight police personnel in Kanpur on Friday by the gang members of Vikas Dubey.
Eight police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police, were shot dead by the members of a gang in Kanpur on Friday. At least seven others, including a civilian, were also injured in the incident.
Attacking the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said, “Tributes to the eight martyrs who lost their lives in the Kanpur incident. It is the most unfortunate incident in the history of Uttar Pradesh; the policemen have to bear the brunt of nexus between people in power and criminals.”
He demanded that the culprits be nabbed “alive” so that the present regime could be “exposed”.
“To protect itself from exposure, stage-managed encounter of petty criminals was organised by the police. It is going to be counter-productive as it will not only demoralise the police force, it will also add to resentment among the police personnel,” the SP chief said.
The SP also castigated Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from its official Twitter handle over law and order issues prevailing in the state, along with a demand for Rs 1 crore ex gratia to the martyred cop’s kin. In word play over the name of Yogi Adityanath, the party called for justice from the “rogi sarkar (diseased government)”. It called for exposing the connection between Vikas Dubey and the state government.
Meanwhile, SP state president Naresh Uttam claimed here on Friday that Vikas Dube, the main accused of the Kanpur incident, never had any association with his party. He said Vikas Dube was never either a member or worker of the Samajwadi Party. He alleged that the Yogi Adityanath government was promoting a deliberate misinformation campaign to save itself and push the blame on the opposition party.

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