Akhilesh slams UP govt after pregnant woman taken to hospital on bullock cart

Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday slammed the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh after a viral video showed a pregnant woman in Hamirpur being transported to a hospital on a bullock cart through a muddy waterlogged road when an ambulance allegedly failed to reach her villageSharing the video on X Yadav took a swipe at the state government saying ambulances had effectively ldquoturned into bullock cartsrdquo under BJP rule He urged the statersquos health minister to focus on real issues instead of ceremonial appearances lsquorsquo hellip pictwittercomSCIlr5UFMYmdash Akhilesh Yadav yadavakhilesh October 27 2025ldquoUnder the BJPrsquos misrule ambulances in Uttar Pradesh have turned into lsquobullancesrsquo Will a trilliondollar economy run on bullock carts The chief minister should see the state of roads and ambulances during his next visit or use binoculars or drones from Delhi if neededrdquo Yadav wrote in HindiAccording to the news agency PTI the incident took place on Saturday in Parsadwa Dera Gau Ghat Chhani village where the pregnant womanrsquos 60yearold fatherinlaw Krishna Kumar Kevat transported her nearly seven kilometres to the Sisolor Community Health Centre on a bullock cart after the ambulance got stuck in the mudThe journey took almost three hours through the slushy terrain Doctors at the hospital said the delivery was still two days away and discharged her after providing primary treatmentAs per PTI locals said around 500 residents in the area face similar problems every monsoon as the road becomes impassable cutting them off from nearby townsldquoIn emergencies we have no choice but to carry patients on our shoulders or bullock cartsrdquo said social worker Arun Nishad He added that villagers had staged a sixday protest last March demanding a proper road after which officials promised construction would begin post the Lok Sabha elections However no progress has been made even after a yearResidents have now appealed to the district administration and the local MLA to ensure road construction and improve connectivity District officials have not yet commented on the matterMustafabad to be renamed Kabirdham UP CM Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh UP Chief Minister CM Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced that his government will move a proposal to rename Mustafabad village in Lakhimpur Kheri district as Kabirdham He said the decision aims to restore the areas historical and cultural connection to Sant KabirSpeaking at the Smriti Mahotsav Mela 2025 Adityanath said the renaming aligns with his governmentrsquos ongoing efforts to revive sites of religious and cultural importanceldquoThe previous governments focused on building boundary walls of lsquokabristansrsquo We are focusing on developing pilgrimage sites and preserving our heritagerdquo he saidThe chief minister questioned why the village despite having no Muslim residents was still named MustafabadldquoWhen I asked about this place I was told its name is Mustafabad but no Muslims live here I said the name should be changed to Kabirdham This is about restoring the honour of a place linked to Sant Kabirrdquo he told the gatheringAdityanath added that a formal proposal will soon be initiated and necessary administrative steps will follow He linked the move with earlier renaming initiatives including the restoration of Ayodhya and PrayagrajldquoThose who ruled earlier renamed Ayodhya as Faizabad and Prayagraj as Allahabad We are restoring them to their original glory mdash and now Kabirdham toordquo he saidHighlighting his governmentrsquos broader development vision Adityanath said the BJPrsquos ldquodoubleengine governmentrdquo is committed to beautifying and promoting every major site of faith in Uttar PradeshldquoWe are ensuring facilities for devotees at places like Kashi Ayodhya Mathura Kushinagar Barsana Gokul and Govardhan Public funds are now being used for cultural and spiritual rejuvenationrdquo he statedThe chief minister reiterated that the renaming is part of a cultural revival effort aimed at honouring Indiarsquos spiritual legacyldquoThe era of erasing heritage in the name of secularism has endedrdquo he assertedWith PTI inputs