As Minister's Son Gets Bail, Akhilesh Yadav's Jibe Defends Party Leader
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UP Polls: While Azam Khan is in jail for building a university, a Union minister's son is out on bail in a case of killing farmers, said Akhilesh Yadav.
Taking a swipe at the ruling BJP, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said while Azam Khan is in jail for building a university, a Union minister's son is out on bail in a case pertaining to the killing of farmers, and mockingly said this is the "new India" of the BJP.
He also claimed that the voting in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls has given enough indications that the BJP will be wiped out from the state.
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted bail to Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, in a case of violence in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed.
Addressing an election meeting in Rampur in favour of Mr Khan and other SP candidates, Mr Yadav said, "Even if the BJP performs 700 squats, the farmers will not forgive the party." He said Mr Khan's son Abdullah Azam had to languish in jail for two years on false cases.
