"State government wants to create atmosphere of fear": Dimple Yadav hits back at UP Deputy CM

Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 11 : After Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that Samajwadi Party chief has no right to pay tribute to Jayaprakash Narayan, SP MP Dimple Yadav has hit back at the former saying that these statements reflects 'weaknesses' of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Talking to ANI, Dimple, the wife of Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the ruling party of the state does not want to Jayprakash Narayan, the stalwart of the socialism in the country to be "respected".
"I think this government has been doing injustice... The Samajwadi Party wanted to give respect to Jayaprakash Narayan. They do not want that people like Jayprakash Narayan to be respected. Since the time Akhilesh Yadav has talked about alliances, the BJP has felt weak... That's why Keshav Prasad Maurya has given such a statement... The state government wants to create an atmosphere of fear..." Dimple said.
Jayaprakash Narayan formed the first non-Congress government in the country by uniting the entire Opposition against the alleged corrupt and unjust rule of the Congress during the Emergency.
He is remembered for leading a rainbow coalition of Opposition parties in the mid-1970s against then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, calling for 'Sampoorna Kranti' (total revolution).
Notably, Maurya on Wednesday took a jibe at Akhilesh Yadav, supremo of the SP that is part of the Opposition bloc- INDIA, saying that the SP chief should explain why he is sitting in the 'lap of Congress' party.
Maurya's reamarks came after Akhilesh Yadav alleged that he was prevented by the Lucknow Development Authority from garlanding the bust of Jayprakash Narayan, Keshav Prasad Maurya said that the SP chief has become "restless" without power.
He further hit out at Yadav, asking for an explanation from the latter over joining hands with the Congress that imposed an emergency in the country and Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan had to fight against the then ruling party and ended landing into the jail.
"...Congress wants to end democracy in this country. It imposed an emergency and tried to weaken the roots of democracy. The Congress was uprooted at that time too, and the BJP will do it now too. Akhilesh Yadav should explain why he is sitting in Congress's lap. He has no right to pay tribute to Jayaprakash Narayan if he is sitting in the lap of Congress... He is restless without power..." Maurya said.
Condemning the locking of gates at Jayaprakash Narayan Interpretation Centre (JPNIC) to allegedly prevent him from garlanding the bust of Jayprakash Narayan, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav warned of calling a "complete revolution" like the social reformer, on his birth anniversary on Wednesday.
"Will we have to call for a complete revolution like Jayaprakash Narayan-ji even for garlanding his bust? If that is acceptable to the BJP then so be it," Yadav said in a post on social media platform 'X'.
Questioning his being stopped and allegedly prevented from garlanding Narayan's bust at JPNIC, the Samajwadi Party chief said, "On the birth anniversary of the great socialist thinker and strong advocate for social justice, Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan-ji, is the path of JPNIC being blocked by putting up these tin sheets to stop the SP from garlanding his bust?" the SP chief posted in Hindi on X.
Accusing the BJP government in the state of corruption, unemployment and inflation, Yadav said, "The truth is that BJP is afraid of a repeat of Narayan-ji's movement against corruption, unemployment and inflation. Under the BJP, corruption, unemployment and inflation have been many times more than what had led to the JP movement."
Moreover, the Lucknow Development Authority cited security reasons for locking up the gates of the JPNIC, putting up tin barricades and deploying heavy security forces.