New Delhi:- BJP today termed as “drama” Samajwadi Party’s flip flop over its association with gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s party, saying it was aimed at washing away the party’s taint following Mathura and Kairana incidents.
BJP said UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his party were indulging in a failed marketing exercise to shore up its image after their government “failed” on all fronts.
“We saw this merger and then the decision to scrap it besides the sacking of a cabinet minister and then his induction again in the government. This is all nothing but drama whose script was written to wash away the blots of Mathura and Kairana,” BJP National Secretary Shrikant Sharma told reporters.
UP suffers from the alliance of mafia and government, he alleged, citing the two incidents as an example.
While in Mathura over 29 persons, including two police officers, died in a clash with land grabbers, BJP has alleged that people have been forced to migrate from Kairana.
“Akhilesh Yadav has failed on all fronts. Now we are seeing a marketing exercise to shore up his image. It is a failed exercise,” he alleged.
Ansari’s Qaumi Ekta Dal had merged with SP but it was later called off, reportedly over the Chief Minister’s unhappiness who did not want to join hands with him due to his criminal background.
PTI
