Akhilesh Yadav scales JPNIC gate to pay tribute to Jayaprakash Narayan; see pics
The main gate had been locked and tin sheets were put up to prevent the SP from entering the premises of the JPNIC, the former chief minister said in a tweet.
- Oct 11, 2023,
- Updated Oct 11, 2023 5:43 PM IST
In a dramatic move, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and his supporters on Wednesday scaled the main gate of Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) in Lucknow to pay tribute to the late socialist leader on his birth anniversary. The main gate had been locked and tin sheets were put up to prevent the SP from entering the premises of the JPNIC, the former chief minister said in a tweet.
The SP chief said that the BJP was scared that the memory of the movement launched by Jayprakash against corruption, unemployment, and inflation would be repeated. He further alleged that during the BJP rule, corruption, unemployment, and inflation have increased many times more than since then.
"Now will we have to call for 'complete revolution' like Jayaprakash Narayan ji even for garlanding? If this is acceptable to BJP then it is right," he said.
The former chief minister and his supporters scaled the gate to pay tribute to Jayaprakash Narayan, fondly known as JP. "What is the use of democracy when obstacles are created for the garlanding of a Loknayak in a democracy? BJP cannot block the path of SP," he wrote on X.
Yadav also alleged that the BJP government was not maintaining the statue and museum of Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan. He said the entire country and state should see what damage the BJP government had done to the statue and museum of Loknayak Jaiprakash. "This is an insult to a freedom fighter as well as a socialist thinker. How can the BJP, which did not participate in the freedom struggle, know the value of the struggle for freedom? History does not forgive those who do not respect history."
JP was a prominent leader and social activist who made contributions to the socialist and anti-corruption movements in India. His leadership and efforts paved the way for the formation of the Janata Party, a coalition of various opposition parties, which came to power in 1977 and marked the end of the Emergency era.
In a dramatic move, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and his supporters on Wednesday scaled the main gate of Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) in Lucknow to pay tribute to the late socialist leader on his birth anniversary. The main gate had been locked and tin sheets were put up to prevent the SP from entering the premises of the JPNIC, the former chief minister said in a tweet.
The SP chief said that the BJP was scared that the memory of the movement launched by Jayprakash against corruption, unemployment, and inflation would be repeated. He further alleged that during the BJP rule, corruption, unemployment, and inflation have increased many times more than since then.
"Now will we have to call for 'complete revolution' like Jayaprakash Narayan ji even for garlanding? If this is acceptable to BJP then it is right," he said.
The former chief minister and his supporters scaled the gate to pay tribute to Jayaprakash Narayan, fondly known as JP. "What is the use of democracy when obstacles are created for the garlanding of a Loknayak in a democracy? BJP cannot block the path of SP," he wrote on X.
Yadav also alleged that the BJP government was not maintaining the statue and museum of Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan. He said the entire country and state should see what damage the BJP government had done to the statue and museum of Loknayak Jaiprakash. "This is an insult to a freedom fighter as well as a socialist thinker. How can the BJP, which did not participate in the freedom struggle, know the value of the struggle for freedom? History does not forgive those who do not respect history."
JP was a prominent leader and social activist who made contributions to the socialist and anti-corruption movements in India. His leadership and efforts paved the way for the formation of the Janata Party, a coalition of various opposition parties, which came to power in 1977 and marked the end of the Emergency era.