Lucknow: In the backdrop of a minor’s gang-rape in Lucknow, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday slammed the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government for lawlessness, corruption, oppression, injustice and all-round failure.

“The law and order of the state has become zero,” he said, reacting to the incident of alleged gang-rape of a girl in Lucknow and mocking the BJP government’s claims of showing ‘zero tolerance’ towards crime.

He also slammed the alleged encounters involving criminals. “If encounters were the antidote for improving law and order, then their thousands of such actions would have yielded results.”

“The police, who are responsible for controlling crime, are being used by the government to pursue a political agenda and file false cases against rival politicians,” he

See Full Page