Yogi steps in as Akhilesh Yadav uses indecent language in assembly
Lucknow, May 26: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly witnessed a heated exchange of words between the BJP and Samajwadi Party members on Wednesday, after Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's remarks irked Leader of Opposition Akhilesh Yadav.
Chief
Minister
Yogi
Adityanath
had
to
intervene,
saying
unparliamentary
words
and
threats
should
not
be
made
part
of
the
proceedings
as
it
would
set
a
wrong
precedent,
news
agency
PTI
reported.
Participating
in
the
discussion
on
the
Governor's
address,
Maurya
said
during
his
speech
in
the
House
that
Akhilesh
Yadav
was
"praising"
the
work
done
in
the
state
when
he
was
the
Chief
Minister.
"If his work was of any good, people would not have cleaned up the Samajwadi Party's mess in the election," the BJP leader said.
On Akhilesh Yadav's claims of launching various schemes during the Samajwadi Party regime, Maurya said, "The leader of opposition does not get tired of counting the achievements of his five-year tenure. Which disease do you have? If there is any disease, I would say that you get tested."
"I would request that the Leader of the Opposition should get proper treatment from wherever he wants. Get rid of this disease of pasting a sticker of the Samajwadi Party on every scheme. You have been out of power for five years. Now, out again for five more years. Your number will not come for the next 25 years," he added.
Maurya said, "Who has made the roads, the expressway, the metro? It seems all of this has been built by selling your land in Saifai." Irked by these comments, Akhilesh Yadav hit back and the Samajwadi Party members also stood behind him.
On Akhilesh Yadav's uproar, Yogi Adityanath had to step in and say, "Using indecent words against a respected leader is not right. I would very politely say to the leader of the opposition that you should not have been so agitated. The question is not of Saifai. The development work that we are getting done or the development work that might have been done during your government was our duty being in the government. The government has the right to declare its achievements."
He further said that "Consent and dissent is the strength of democracy but if the Deputy Chief Minister is making his point, I think we should listen to him. Many things of the leader of the opposition too might be wrong, but we have heard. We will accept what we have to accept and respond to it, but it is not appropriate to display such excitement."
On the Chief Minister's request to remove inappropriate words from the proceedings, Speaker Satish Mahana said he would check the records.
Just a day earlier, there was another face-off with Akhilesh Yadav in the UP Assembly over law and order. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had recalled Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's "boys will be boys" remark on rape.
Opposing death penalty for rape, Akhilesh Yadav's father and Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav had reportedly said at a rally,"Ladke, ladke hain. Galti ho jati hai (Boys will be boys. Mistakes happen sometimes)".
Replying
to
Leader
of
Opposition
Akhilesh
Yadav's
attack
over
the
crime
against
women,
the
Chief
Minister
said,
"This
is
the
government
of
the
BJP.
Here
it's
not
said
that
boys
will
be
boys.
Mistakes
happen
sometimes."
Any
kind
of
crime
is
"unforgivable"
and
the
government
is
taking
strict
action
against
criminals,
especially
those
committing
crime
against
women,
he
said.
During
the
zero
hour,
Akhilesh
Yadav
had
referred
to
the
crime
against
women
in
UP's
Allahabad,
Chandauli,
Siddharthnagar
and
Lalitpur,
claiming
that
maximum
crimes
against
women
were
committed
in
Uttar
Pradesh.
Referring
to
a
girl's
rape
allegedly
by
a
police
officer
in
Lalitpur,
he
said
the
case
was
registered
only
after
the
Chief
Minister
went
there.
Akhilesh
Yadav
added
that
the
Chief
Minister
at
a
meeting
said
he
will
set
"officers
right"
and
asked
them
to
leave
acting
like
"middlemen".
The
Chief
Minister
wasn't
aware
of
it
in
the
past
five
years,
said
Akhilesh
Yadav
in
a
jibe
at
Yogi
Adityanath.
Yogi
Adityanath
retorted
to
Akhilesh
Yadav
saying,
"You
support
every
criminal
who
spreads
anarchy
in
the
state
and
practise
hooliganism."
Appreciating
his
government,
he
said
in
the
past
five
years,
better
law
and
order
has
prevailed.
"We
got
wide
public
support,"
he
said
referring
to
the
BJP
numbers
in
the
House.
"For
crimes
related
to
women,
our
government
constituted
anti-Romeo
squads
in
2017
and
along
with
it
in
2018,
POCSO
courts
were
established,"
he
said.
Claiming
a
reduction
in
crime
under
his
government,
Yogi
Adityanath
said
had
the
Opposition
members
listened
to
the
Governor's
address,
things
would
have
been
clear
to
them.
"When
I
will
reply
to
the
Governor's
address,
you
will
clearly
know
how
much
crime
has
come
down,"
he
said.
"There
was
no
riot
in
the
past
five
years.
Between
2012
and
2017,
there
were
more
than
700
incidents
of
riots
but
between
2017
and
2022,
there
was
no
riot,
no
curfew,"
he
added.
Yogi
Adityanath
said
property
worth
more
than
Rs
2,000
crore
of
criminals
was
confiscated
in
UP.
"So,
whether
it
is
a
matter
of
women's
safety
or
the
safety
of
25
crore
citizens,
all
these
are
on
a
priority
for
the
government,"
he
said.
(PTI)