Lucknow Apr 25 PTI Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said active Covid cases are rising in Uttar Pradesh and warned that there could be a panic if fourth wave hits the state asserting that the medical facilities are crumbling under the BJP government The active cases of coronavirus are once again rising in the state Experts are expecting the possibility of a fourth wave The peak of infection can come in June-July The BJP-led state government seems to have learned no lesson from the horrors of the last Covid wave In view of the plight of health services in the state there is a possibility of panic Yadav said in a statement issued here The people were orphaned during the last wave of the Covid pandemic There had been reports of lakhs of deaths then The public had to see very bad days during the lockdown period The memory of those days still haunts us he said Alleging that the BJP government is doing a gimmick of reviewing the situation Yadav said it government is pretending as if it has just come to power and added that the chief ministers meetings have no effect on the groundSo the ministers are facing embarrassment The new health minister of the state is upset with his own department due to the disorder The reality of health services in UP is very disappointing he saidThere are not enough doctors in the hospitals There are long queues of patients in the government hospitals and medicines are also not available he added Yadav alleged that the BJP government is proving to be more failure than ever on fronts of health education and law and orderThe mismanagement of health sector seems to be waiting for the situation to get worse he said PTI ABN ABN KVK KVK

Lucknow Apr 19 PTI Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday called for strict action against those responsible for the alleged theft of valuables worth over Rs 25 crore from lockers of the Central Bank of Indias Karachikhana branch in KanpurHe met the victims whose valuables were stolen from nine lockers of the bankYadav said he has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and urged her to ensure that the customers get justice and appropriate action is initiated against the guilty bank officialsThe senior bank officers did not pay any heed to customers complaint and at least 11 lockers were found broken a statement issued by the party said Four people including a bank manager have been arrested in connection with the incident police had said At least nine customers of the bank branch had found valuables worth crores of rupees missing from their lockers they said The incident came to light on March 14 when Manju Bhattacharya one of the customers of the bank checked her locker and found the valuables missingThe total cost of valuables looted is estimated to be over Rs 25 crore with each customer reporting losing about Rs 30 lakh in valuables from their lockers police added PTI ABN SRY

Lucknow Mar 25 PTI Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday took a dig at the new BJP government saying its ministers took oath at a stadium built when his own government was in power The swearing-in ceremony was held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium which can accommodate 50000 people Congratulations to the new government that they are taking oath in the stadium built by the Samajwadi Party The oath should not be merely to form the government but also to serve the people in a true sense Yadav who is also the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh said in a Hindi tweet minutes after the oath-taking ceremony concluded Adityanath was unanimously elected the BJP legislature party leader in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday after which he staked claim to form the government PTI NAV CJ CJ

Lucknow Mar 24 PTI Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday attacked the BJP on the stray cattle issue in Uttar Pradesh tweeting a news clipping that claimed two people died this month in the state after being attacked by bullsDuring campaigning for the state assembly elections Yadav frequently had raised the problem of stray animalsThe news clipping shared by him on Twitter also claimed that over 11 lakh animals are roaming freely in Uttar Pradesh and two people were killed in March in bull attack It also had a picture of two bulls fighting on a roadYadav tweeted without naming any party or personTaking note of this problem Prime Minister Narendra Modi had during an election rally stated that the problem being faced by farmers of the state due to stray animals is being taken seriouslyHe had promised that this problem will be resolved after the model code of conduct ends on March 10 and the new government is formedThe BJP retained power in the state PTI SAB ANB ANB

New Delhi Mar 22 PTI Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday submitted his resignation from the Azamgarh parliamentary constituency to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Akhilesh Yadav had won the Karhal assembly seat in the recently-held assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh Besides him the Samajwadi Party SP has four other members in the Lok Sabha including his father Mulayam Singh YadavAkhilesh Yadav has decided to concentrate on state politics by resigning from his Lok Sabha seat PTI KR NAB SRY

Prayagraj Feb 24 PTI Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday took a dig at the BJP government saying it had talked about enabling slippers-wearing commoners to travel by planes but ended up selling airports and airline Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in the past talked about enabling those who wear hawai chappals rubber slippers to travel in a hawai jahaaz aircraft Addressing a public meeting at the Polytechnic College in Handia assembly constituency 30 km from here Yadav alleged that the central government was selling state-owned assets to evade giving reservation to people The BJP government is selling all national assets so that it does not have to give reservation or jobs to people Yadav said in an apparent reference to Adani Group winning bids for six airports and the sale of loss-making national carrier Air India to Tata Group Attacking the centre on the issue of employment he alleged that the government has not undertaken any recruitment drive for the Army for the last three years For the countrys youth five years have been spent in waiting to get employed and now they do not want to wait any longer Yadav said According to a written reply by Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt to a question in Rajya Sabha on December 13 last year there are over 122 lakh vacancies in the armed forces Yadav also took a swipe at the BJP government in the state over the renaming of Allahabad to Prayagraj claiming it has become infamous after its rechristening Whether it was the Kumbh Covid testing scam youth being lathi-charged by police or dead bodies floating in the Ganges river during the peak of second Covid pandemic wave the name has changed but the government has brought shame to the holy city Yadav said While campaigning for SP candidate from Handia Hakim Chandra Bind he claimed that the BJP leaders and workers have gone numb after the fourth phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on Wednesday PTI RAJ RHL

Lucknow Feb 22 PTI Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has four friends and they are goons terrorists mafia and corruption Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on TuesdayHe also alleged that during the tenure of the Samajwadi Party SP goons and the mafia took the life of innocent peopleAkhilesh has four friends goons terrorists mafia and corruption the BJP leader told reporters at the party office hereWhen questions were asked to Akhilesh Yadav about people contesting elections from jail or on bail he was silent Thakur said a day before the fourth of the seven phase Uttar Pradesh assembly pollsYadav is also silent on Azamgarh the hub of terrorism he saidAttacking the Congress the BJP leader said Why does Priyanka Gandhi not raise any question on Akhilesh and terror connection Taking a jibe at Priyanka Gandhi he said Ladhki hoon ladh saktee hoon lekin sahi baat nahi kah saktee hoon I am a girl and I can fight but cannot say the correct thing PTI NAV ANB ANB

Lucknow Jan 31 PTI Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday filed his nomination papers from Karhal seat of UPs Mainpuri and said the upcoming state Assembly polls will write the countrys history for next century as he appealed to people to defeat negative politics Yadav said his mission is positive politics with progressive thinking The Samajwadi Party SP has declared Akhilesh Yadav as its candidate from the Karhal Assembly seat which is part of the Mainpuri parliamentary constituency represented by party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav This nomination is a mission as this UP election will write the countrys history for the next century Lets take part in this movement of positive politics with progressive thinking Defeat negative politics remove it Jai Hind Yadav said in a Hindi tweet He also shared a picture of his leaving on the Samajwadi Vijay Rath bus for Mainpuri from his native place Saifai in Etawah Karhal will go to polls on February 20 in the third of the seven-phase elections in the state Later Yadav told reporters First of all I want to thank the people of Mainpuri and people of the organisation who have given me a chance that today I am nominated from Karhal for contesting the elections Positive politics has been carried forward and I hope people of Uttar Pradesh will remove those who do negative politics in this election Therefore I appeal to people to give opportunity to the SP not only in Karhal but in every area The party will take the state on the path of development prosperity and progress he said On being asked whether he will come to the constituency for campaigning Akhilesh said I have left my election to party leaders and people here I will certainly come if I get a chance But people here have assured me that there is no need for me to come here Yes I will certainly come after winning The result here will be historic and it will be a message for those practicising negative politics he said The Karhal constituency is just four kilometres from Saifai the native village of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav Except for 2002 the constituency is with the SP since 1993 In the 2002 Assembly polls sitting MLA Sobaran Singh had contested on the BJP ticket Thereafter he joined the SP and won three times consecutively Karhal has about 37 lakh electorate including 14 lakh 37 per cent Yadavs 34000 Shakhyas OBCs and around 14000 Muslims PTI ABN RDK RDK

Lucknow Jan 31 PTI Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said this Uttar Pradesh assembly polls will write the countrys history for the next century and appealed to people to defeat negative politicsYadav who is in Mainpuri district to file his nomination from the Karhal assembly seat also said that his mission is of a movement of positive politics with progressive thinking The Samajwadi Party SP has declared Akhilesh Yadav as its candidate from the Karhal assembly seat which is part of the Mainpuri parliamentary constituency represented by party founder Mulayam Singh YadavThis nomination is a mission as this UP election will write the countrys history for the next century Lets take part in this movement of positive politics with progressive thinking Defeat negative politics remove it too Jai Hind Akhilesh Yadav said in a tweet in HindiHe also shared a picture of him leaving on the Samajwadi Vijay Rath bus for Mainpuri from his native place Saifai in EtawahKarhal will go to polls on February 20 in the third of the seven phase elections in the stateLater talking to reporters Akhilesh Yadav said First of all I want to thank the people of Mainpuri and the people of the organisation who have given me a chance that today I am nominated from Karhal for contesting the elections I am going to do it Positive politics has been carried forward and I hope the people of Uttar Pradesh will remove those who do negative politics in this election Therefore I appeal to the people to give opportunity to the SP not only in Karhal but in every area The party will take the state on the path of development prosperity and progress he said The Karhal constituency is just four kms from Saifai -- the native village of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh YadavExcept for 2002 the constituency is with the SP since 1993 In the 2002 assembly polls sitting MLA Sobaran Singh had contested on a BJP ticket Thereafter he joined the SP and has won the elections three times consecutivelyKarhal has a total of about 37 lakh electorate including 14 lakh or 37 per cent Yadavs 34000 Shakhyas OBCs and around 14000 Muslims PTI ABN ANB ANB

Lucknow Jan 28 PTI Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday alleged that he was stranded in Delhi as his helicopter was not allowed to fly to UPs Muzaffarnagar for an election programme In a tweet in Hindi the SP president posted a picture with the helicopter in the background and said no reason was given for it Later in another tweet Akhilesh said he is ready to take a flight Akhilesh Yadav and RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary are scheduled to address a joint press conference in Muzaffarnagar My helicopter is still detained in Delhi without assigning any reason and not being allowed to go to Muzaffarnagar whereas a top BJP leader has just flown from here This is a desperate conspiracy of the losing BJP People are understanding everything he said in his earlier tweet About half an hour later the SP chief tweeted The abuse of power is a sign of the people losing This day will also be recorded in the history of socialist struggle We are going to take a historic flight to history Akhilesh also posted a picture of his with this tweet PTI SAB RDK RDK