Yogi getting my telephones tapped: Akhilesh
The Hindu
‘BJP wary of its impending defeat in the upcoming U.P. Assembly election’
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of getting his telephones tapped and listening to the conversations every evening.
Interacting with reporters a day after some SP leaders’ offices and residences were raided by the Income Tax Department, Mr. Yadav claimed the BJP was wary of its impending defeat in the upcoming assembly polls.
The BJP government would be increasingly misusing various enforcement agencies to persecute his party's leaders in the coming days, he alleged.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.