Kanpur: After yielding its two Assembly
seats to BSP in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls last week, Samajwadi
Party has accused the ruling party of "misusing government
machinery" to win the elections.
On his way back after a three-day special party meet at
Agra, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav alleged "our candidates
were defeated because of misuse of government machinery by the
BSP."
He was talking to reporters at the railway station in Kanpur
yesterday while returning to Lucknow.
In the four Assembly bypolls SP not only failed to open
its account, but could not even retain Malihabad and Bidhuna
seats, which were wrested by BSP, which also snatched a seat
from BJP.
Accusing Chief Minister Mayawati of not paying heed to
the drought situation in the state, Yadav alleged that the
ruling party was instead misusing public fund for building
statues and parks.
After the Agra meet, where SP leaders had lashed out
against the policies and programmes of the state government,
the SP chief said the agitation would be launched soon.
The Agra conference had decided to start a fill-the-jail
campaign against the performance of the Mayawati government.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, August 24, 2009, 14:35