Modi Hitting back at Akhilesh for his ‘kaam ki baat’ jibe

TIL Desk/National/Lakhimpur Kheri/ Hitting back at Akhilesh Yadav for his ‘kaam ki baat’ jibe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said incidents of rape and abduction have gone up in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and asked whether the Chief Minister would describe it as his “work” or “misdeeds”.

Addressing an election rally in Lakhimpur Kheri, sugarcane bowl of UP, he found faults in the Akhilesh-led Samajwadi Party (SP) government’s functioning and raised the issue of non-payment of cane dues to farmers.He said if BJP comes to power in the state, waiving off of loans of small farmers would be its first task and all cane dues of farmers would be cleared within 14 days.

Urging voters of the state to give Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a chance, Modi said if his party is voted to power, all anti-social elements would be behind bars within six months.

“Incidents of rape and murder (in UP) are on the rise and gangs are operating from inside the prisons…. Cases of abduction and riots have increased,” the Prime Minister said and asked, “Akhileshji, is this your ‘kaam (work) or karname (bad deeds)’ which is speaking?”