Akhilesh Yadav: 'BJP did not make smart city but opened drains'

Lucknow: Ahead of the municipal elections in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the "problems in cities" and said that the party did not make them "smart" in spite of having its own mayors and instead "opened drains".

While addressing a press conference SP chief said, "All the problems in the city are because of BJP. These cities have had mayors from BJP for the maximum and longest duration but still they have not provided smart cities."

"BJP did not make a smart city but opened drains, dug roads and corruption happened in every city. All the buildings that were built are the same. There have been only scams in the name of smart cities," he said.

He claimed that the work done in the cities were done during his tenure as the chief minister and no work was done during the BJP's rule.

"The work that is being seen today in Lucknow is the work of the SP. Samajwadi government gave the metro to Lucknow," Akhilesh Yadav said.

Taking a dig at PM Modi he said, "PM Narendra Modi had built a factory to generate electricity from the garbage in Lucknow itself. But electricity was never generated."

He further said, "They (UP government) ruined the Gomti riverfront along with Varun river. There is no such road where there is no traffic jam. We believe that the cities should be clean. That's why we have put forward our issues". (ANI)

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