Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday launched into a metro practice journey right here to marketing campaign for the upcoming civic polls and accused the BJP of “stalling” work on the general public transport venture. He travelled from the Singar Nagar metro station to the Bhootnath Market metro station within the Uttar Pradesh capital to canvass for his occasion’s mayoral candidate Vandana Mishra.
Later, Yadav accused the BJP of dishonest the folks by not guaranteeing cleanliness and turning the town right into a rubbish heap. Voting for the statewide elections will happen on May 4 and May 11, with polling in Lucknow within the first section. Counting of votes will happen on May 13.
“Today, if metro trains were operational in the entire city, then it would have become the safest mode of public transport. But the BJP government by stopping work, not only stalled the metro project, but also stopped facilities given to the people,” Yadav instructed reporters throughout his metro practice journey.
“Hence, by travelling in the metro (train), I would like to give the message, that if the SP is voted to power, then the metro rail project will be spread across Lucknow, which will solve the problem of transportation,” he mentioned whereas interesting to the folks to vote for his occasion’s candidate.
Talking to reporters on the Gomti river entrance, he accused the BJP of talking lies and mentioned that “people of the BJP are indulging in false publicity that they have made a Smart city”.
सपा के समय जितनी बनी थी उससे आगे लखनऊ मेट्रो को न बढ़ाना दर्शाता है कि भाजपा सामाजिक गतिशीलता की विरोधी है। pic.twitter.com/Nk8CTlvenf
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) May 1, 2023
Yadav claimed that work on the metro rail was performed throughout the tenure of the Samajwadi Party authorities however nothing additional has taken place below the current dispensation.
“Had this work moved ahead, then Lucknow would have got a safe and clean transport (system),” he mentioned. Attacking the BJP, the SP chief accused it of dishonest the folks and mentioned it has “not undertaken cleanliness anywhere and only increased dirt and corruption”.
To a query on metro rail in Gorakhpur, Yadav mentioned, “Recently, I had been to Gorakhpur. People there were worried that the metro (rail) has not been built…”
He mentioned, “People who speak about ‘double engine’ (BJP government at the Centre and state) do not have the power to build metro (rail) in Gorakhpur.”
“In this monsoon season, the people of Gorakhpur will have to move using boats,” the previous Uttar Pradesh chief minister mentioned in an obvious reference to preparations for the season. Gorakhpur Urban is represented by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath within the meeting.
