Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has greeted the citizens on the occasion of World Bicycle Day.

Yadav took to micro blogging platform Twitter to elaborate on the importance of bicycles in the world. Interestingly, cycle is the symbol of Samajwadi Party.

“Happy World Cycle Day! Bicycle is such a means of transportation in the whole world that it reaches out to the last person of society. It is also a symbol of human progress and development, to keep moving forward in harmony with the environment,” he tweeted.

The Samajwadi Party chief has been frequently targeting the Uttar Pradesh government, claiming that despite having over 70,000 buses in its fleet; migrant labourers had to walk home amid the COVID-19 lockdown resulting in many deaths.

He also questioned the government over the increase in COVID-19 cases despite the imposition of lockdown, and also raised the argument of economic fallout of to COVID-19.

In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Akhilesh Yadav said, “Despite lockdown, there has been no decrease in the spread of the disease. The infection has increased and the economy destroyed. The economy of the country was already in a bad shape. But following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the economy deteriorated. In this scenario, from where will the people get jobs?” he said.

“The Bharatiya Janata Party works to entangle the vulnerable people of the state and the country in emotional issues. The dream of the poor, farmers and labourers have shattered. The trust of the country’s citizens has broken,” Yadav said.

“Has the dreams of ‘achhe din’ (good days), promised by the BJP been fulfilled?” the SP chief asked.

Meanwhile, Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday contacted the party leaders across the state on WhatsApp and asked them to work for   providing relief to the migrant labourers and other people who suffered from the long spell of lockdown. 

He said the video calling programme would continue and the party would contact all the booth level workers.