Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP over pace of probe in Lakhimpur case
The Hindu
He says it decides whom to implicate and where to take the investigation
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday hit out at the BJP over the , charging that the saffron party decides whom to implicate and where to take the investigation.
He also charged that the BJP’s three engines — Delhi, Lucknow and Lakhimpur — are destroying law and order in Uttar Pradesh.
The Supreme Court on Monday suggested that a former judge of a “different High Court” should monitor the SIT probe on day-to-day basis in the case to infuse “independence, impartiality and fairness”.
Cardiologist and MP-elect from Bengaluru Rural C.N. Manjunath, who contested from the BJP and defeated three-time Congress MP D.K. Suresh, said he was the “people’s candidate” and that it is their aspiration to see him in the Union Cabinet. In an interview with The Hindu, he claimed his victory was possible because those who were treated at the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research became his “ambassadors”.