Summary:
Lucknow, Oct 26 (PTI) In a riposte to Prime Minister Narendra Modi"s "cycle of corruption" barb directed at the previous SP government in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday mocked the BJP"s election symbol "lotus" by calling it the "flower of loot".
Yadav, in a tweet in Hindi, said, "Earlier, thousands of crores of rupees were put in the bank accounts of the poor by previous governments, but now the "flower of lies" is deceiving people round the clock by becoming the "flower of loot"." "Today, the priority of the BJP government at the Centre and in UP is to pickpocket the poor and snatch the basic facilities," the former chief minister added.
His remarks came a day after Modi had accused the previous government in UP of neglecting health facilities in the state and only "filling its coffer".
In Siddharthnagar on Monday, Modi picked on the previous Samajwadi Party government in the state -- not mentioning Yadav"s party by name but mocking its election symbol, a bicycle.
"Corruption in medicines, ambulances, appointments, transfers and postings.
In this entire game, some dynasts in UP flourished," he charged.