Shivpal Singh Yadav, senior leader of Samajwadi Party and uncle of party president Akhilesh Yadav, alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in the state promising to end corruption, but it had proved to be the “most corrupt” government.

He made this remark on Saturday at the bhoomi pujan and foundation stone laying ceremony of a private school in Trivediganj block of Barabanki district.

“The BJP came to power about seven years ago, making claims of ending corruption. But this is the most corrupt government,” Shivpal Yadav alleged. He said when the SP was in power in the state, even a common man could get his work done easily but now nothing happens without greasing the palms of the government officials even after recommendation from a parliamentarian or a legislator.

“Police stations or tehsils are not listening to people’s complaints,” the SP general secretary claimed.

He also said the present government had not been able to bring development in any area and the entire country was in the hands of bureaucracy.

On party leader Mohammad Azam Khan’s conviction and sentencing in a fake birth certificate case of his son, Yadav said, “A conspiracy has been hatched against him. Someday he will definitely get justice.”

Shivpal Yadav said the BJP wanted to eliminate the opposition and for this it was implicating their leaders in false cases and sending them to jail and harassing them.

“The BJP is oppressing backward class people and especially Muslims,” he charged.

Asked about the differences between the Congress and SP over seat-sharing in the Madhya Pradesh polls, Shivpal Yadav said the INDIA bloc would work to remove the BJP from power in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and issues of seat sharing and other related issues would soon be sorted out.