BJP, like Congress, will be finished for misusing central agencies: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday asserted that the BJP would be politically finished in the days to come just like the Congress for allegedly misusing central agencies against opposition partiesYadav also pressed for the caste census which he said would be a major issue in the 2024 Lok Sabha pollsEarlier the Congress used to misuse the central agencies and now the BJP is doing the same Congress is now finished The BJP too will meet a similar fate They are only sending agencies after those parties who are fighting the BJP he told a press conference hereAsked whether the misuse of the central agencies will increase as the 2024 Lok Sabha election approaches Yadav said It might be the case but it wont help the saffron camp as preparations for the Lok Sabha polls would start in the next few monthsSpeaking about the political resolution adopted in the twoday national executive held here from Saturday the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said the party would leave no stone unturned to ensure that the BJP is defeated in UP and the country in the election next yearUttar Pradesh is the only state which can stop the BJP as it has the largest number of seats We will defeat the BJP in Uttar Pradesh The entire country is looking up to the Samajwadi Party The BJP has told many lies be it prices of diesel petrol or LPG or price rise he said adding that the saffron party is working for big corporate housesOn Saturday senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav said that the party has set a target of winning at least 50 of the total 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2024 electionsAsked what would be the plans of the proposed opposition front ahead of the general elections Yadav said it wont be disclosedThe goal is to defeat the BJP Presently efforts are on to forge an opposition front Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao are making efforts on their own he saidWhen asked whether the Congress would be kept out of such a proposed opposition front Yadav said The Congress is a national party so it has to decide its roleAlso Read Cops at Rahuls doorstep Congress calls it worst case of political vendettaSpeaking on the Delhi Police action against Rahul Gandhi Yadav wondered whether the BJP did it to help the CongressNobody knows whom the BJP is trying to target They might take action against someone but their target might be someone else he saidThe Delhi Police on Sunday reached the residence of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with a notice issued to him over his women are still being sexually assaulted remark made during the Bharat Jodo YatraYadav claimed that several political parties are keen on having a caste census in the country as it will help to reach out to various castesRight now the big issue is caste census You can take along everyone only when you conduct a caste census Social justice is never possible without a caste census In 2014 the BJPs slogan was Acche Din In 2019 its slogan was Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas So they must conduct it All political parties fromNorth to South favour the caste census But the BJP is trying to avoid it he saidHe claimed that the Congress during the UPA2 regime had promised to conduct a caste census but later backtracked on itLike the Congress the saffron party is also not keen on conducting it During the UPA rule several leaders of various regional parties had met thenPrime Minister Manmohan Singh and then UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi The then Home Minister P Chidambaram assured them they would look into it But nothing moved forward he saidWhen asked whether the SP would contest elections outside Uttar Pradesh Yadav replied in the affirmativeWherever we have an organisation we would contest the elections he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever