People To End "Pollution Spread By BJP" Soon: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said the public will soon end the "pollution" the BJP has spread in the state. While participating in the tribute meeting for the late former SP district president Babulal Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav said, "UP CM is your neighbour. There is no arrangement of garbage or drains. House tax is being collected yet they could not get the drains cleaned. Roads are littered with garbage".

"Today there is a flood of inflation and unemployment. They were saying drains will be made, the metro will be made. But believe me, you all will be travelling in a boat soon. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath does not know anything about any pollution. The public will end the pollution that BJP has spread. Everyone is trying together to form a coalition front so that BJP can be fought in the next elections," he added.

Mr Yadav further mentioned that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should not talk about the situation of the mafia in the state.

"The Chief Minister should not say anything about the mafia because if he had not removed the cases against him, then his own list of charges would have been more," he said.

Ahead of the municipal elections in Uttar Pradesh, Mr Yadav took a dig at the BJP earlier this week over the "problems in cities" and said the party did not make them "smart" in spite of having its own mayors and instead "opened drains".

"All the problems in the city are because of BJP. These cities have had mayors from BJP for the maximum and longest duration but still they have not provided smart cities," Akhilesh Yadav said.

"The work that is being seen today in Lucknow is the work of the SP. Samajwadi government gave the metro to Lucknow," he added.

The first phase of polling will be held on May 4 for municipal corporation seats, including in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi and Yogi Adityanath's home constituency Gorakhpur.