Akhilesh slams Centre for misusing Central agencies, to meet Mamata this evening
The Hindu
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is in Kolkata to chair his party's two-day national executive, is scheduled to meet West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday evening
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on March 17 slammed the BJP-led government at the Centre for misusing central agencies to "harass leaders and public representatives of opposition parties", who pose a threat to the saffron camp.
Mr. Yadav, who is in the city to chair his party's two-day national executive, is scheduled to meet West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday evening.
"The ED, CBI, and Income Tax are political weapons of the BJP. Here in Bengal, the instances are less. In Uttar Pradesh, several of our (SP) leaders, including MLAs, are in jail in false and fabricated cases," he told reporters after reaching Kolkata airport.
"The BJP sends the ED and CBI to harass those opposition parties which threaten it," he said.
Samajwadi Party is holding its two-day national executive in Kolkata from March 18 to discuss policies and strategies for the assembly election in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh later this year and the Lok Sabha poll in 2024, sources in SP said.
Mr. Yadav is also scheduled to address the workers meeting at Moulali Yuva Kendra this afternoon.
He will then go to Ms. Banerjee's residence to meet her, the sources said.