Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav doing politics of appeasement, says UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya

PRAYAGRAJ: Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday flayed remarks by Bahuajn Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on the arrest of two Al Qaeda operatives in Lucknow saying “in the matter of terrorism and security of the country, they should not do the politics of appeasement”.
“Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav should not look at the matter through electoral glasses,” Maurya said while speaking to reporters after the swearing-in ceremony of zila panchyat president and recently elected members of different panchayats in the city on Monday.
Mayawati on Monday tweeted, “Vidhaanasabha aam chunaav ke kareeb aane par hi iss prakaar kee kaarravaee logon ke man mein sandeh paida karatee hai. Agar iss kaarravaee ke peechhe sachchaee hai to police itane dinon tak kyon bekhabar rahee? yah vah savaal (This type of action just before UP state assembly elections creates doubts in the minds of the people. If there is truth behind this action, then why was the police oblivious for so long? This is the question people are asking).”
Therefore, the government should not take any such action which will increase the unrest among the public, she added.
Even former chief minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav had on Sunday commented on the matter. “I can’t trust the actions of the Uttar Pradesh police and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in the state,” he had said.
In the swearing-in ceremony of zila panchayat president, Maurya said that the state government is working on a plan in which zila panchayat president and block pramukh will be elected directly by the public from the next elections.
He added, “The use of money and muscle power makes the situation very bad because of which planning is being done in this direction.”
Speaking on the proposed new population control policy of the Yogi government, Maurya said, “Population explosion is a serious problem and the opposition’s protest in not correct. The government has started efforts to control the population.”
He also brushed aside the opposition’s criticism of the policy and said that the opposition should not link the same to elections.
The deputy CM said, “As the people of the state have elected the BJP government, it has full right to take decisions till the last day of its tenure.”
Maurya said, “Elections will come and go, but the basic mantra is development which should not stop and there should be an all-round development.”
He advised the newly constituted zila panchayat to move forward on the issue of development.
Newly elected zila panchayat president VK Singh requested for a bridge between Handia and Manda, on which the deputy CM said that this bridge will be constructed as well as Prayagraj would be getting several gifts of bridges.