Lucknow, Nov 11: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday termed demonetisation as the “biggest corruption” in the world. Speaking to reporters at the party office in Lucknow,
Yadav said, “Demonetisation done by the BJP government (in 2016) is the biggest corruption in the world. To compensate for the fraud and loss of Rs 15 lakh crore in the country, this government (of the BJP) had taken the decision of demonetisation as a well thought out strategy.” “The government got all the money of the public deposited in the banks. (It) took the money of the poor to fill the coffers of the rich. The prime minister had said that demonetisation will end corruption and terrorism. Inflation will be reduced.
“But his claims proved to be false. Even after demonetisation, corruption did not reduce, inflation did not stop and terrorism did not end. Today, inflation, unemployment and corruption are at their peak in the country,” he said. The SP further said, “As per statistics, even today, the cash market in the country is of Rs 33 lakh crore. Even today, most of the people are doing transactions in cash instead of digital (mode). Land and (other) major things are being bought in cash. “Everyone saw that large scale cash transactions and corruption took place in the registration and purchase of lands. People from the BJP were involved in the registration of lands in Ayodhya.”
Supporting the demands of the women employees working in Dial 112 Response System, Yadav said, “We will raise this demand on the very first day of the Assembly session. Our first question would be why did the BJP destroy Dial 112?” He said that the BJP government is emotionless, heartless and visionless.
“It is taking advantage of poverty. The women working in Dial 112 are getting threatened to be fired from their jobs. Sisters and daughters are being harassed during festive days,” he said. “Does the government not have enough budget to increase salary of the women who help the people of the state by Rs 3,000?” he asked.
Elaborating about the protests of the women working in Dial 112, SP’s chief spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary told PTI, “During the 2022 UP Assembly elections, the BJP had promised that it would raise the salary of these women by Rs 3,000. However, that promise was not kept.”
The SP chief said that if his party is voted to power, it will increase their salary by Rs 6,000; even if the women are demanding that their salaries be increased by Rs 3,000.
Yadav also said, “In the Samajwadi government, we had given the Response System UP Dial 100 to the Uttar Pradesh Police. For that, police officers were sent to New York and Singapore. Referring to the Agniveer scheme, the SP chief said, “The BJP government has cheated the youth by bringing the Agniveer Yojana (scheme). Advantage is being taken of the poverty of the poor.
Agniveer Yojana is a half-baked job (aadhee-adhuree naukree). Whenever the Samajwadi Party will get a chance in the future, we will end the Agniveer Yojana and provide full employment in the Army like it was earlier.” (PTI)
