Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati Saturday accused the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to rake up old issues to divert people’s attention from their failures ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
“In order to divert people’s attention from the failures of its government and prevent poverty and unemployment for becoming real election issues, BJP and Prime Minister Modi are trying to rake up all kind of dead issues,” Mayawati said in a tweet in Hindi.
“This is most condemnable… people should remain cautious,” she added.
पीएम श्री मोदी ज्यादातर शिलान्यास आदि में ही लगातार व्यस्त रहे और प्रचार-प्रसार पर 3044 करोड़ खर्च किया। इस सरकारी धन से उत्तर प्रदेश जैसे पिछड़े राज्य के हर गांव में शिक्षा व अस्पताल की व्यवस्था हो सकती थी लेकिन बीजेपी के लिये प्रचार का ज्यादा तहत्त्व है शिक्षा व जनहित का नहीं।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) March 16, 2019
In another tweet, she alleged that the Prime Minister mostly remained busy in laying foundation stones and spent Rs 3,044 crore in publicity.
“This government money could have been used for making available education and hospital facility in every village of a backward state like Uttar Pradesh, but for the BJP, publicity is more important and not education and public interest,” she added.
PTI