Lucknow, Nov. 9 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday launched a sharp attack on the BJP over the alleged assault and misbehaviour with women during a party programme in Ayodhya, demanding legal and punitive action against the leaders and organisers involved.
Calling the incident an insult to women, Akhilesh urged the Women's Commission to take cognisance of the matter and initiate action against those responsible. He accused BJP leaders of disrespecting women while publicly claiming to champion their dignity and empowerment.
In a post on social media platform X, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also promised that mustard oil would be provided through the public distribution system if a PDA government came to power in the state after the next Assembly elections.
He said the move would ensure that poor, deprived and marginalised sections would no longer have to face what he described as humiliation and harassment under the BJP government.
Akhilesh claimed that people who had suffered humiliation and injustice under the present dispensation were determined to remove the BJP from power.
The SP chief also referred to the mother of a young man who died in a fire incident in Lucknow and accused Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of publicly humiliating the grieving woman.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.