Corruption increased in Maharashtra under Mahayuti govt: SP’s Akhilesh Yadav

Malegaon (Maharashtra) [India], October 19 (ANI): Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav has slammed the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra, alleging that under its regime, the state has witnessed increased corruption and the people are greatly unhappy with the government.

“The Mahayuti government is not a government elected by the people. They captured the power. Since the Mahayuti government came to power, the people have been greatly unhappy and corruption has also increased. A historic election is going to take place in Maharashtra,” Akhilesh Yadav said while addressing an election rally here on Saturday.

The SP Chief alleged that the BJP can go to any extent to defeat the INDIA Alliance in the election.

He said that people are against the “bulldozer” and “encounter” politics of the BJP.

“The public is against their bulldozer. The public is against their encounter politics. I have full faith that the people of Maharashtra will end the politics of hatred and the negative narrative being spread by BJP,” Akhilesh Yadav said.

Assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on November 20 with counting of votes on November 23. With this, the political parties have begun gearing up for an election that will be unprecedented in many ways.

In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls, the Congress and unified Shiv Sena won 154 out of 288 seats as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition.However, this time around the Shiv Sena (UBT), Sharad Pawar’s NCP and Congress are in alliance to counter the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance.

In the Lok Sabha election held this year, MVA won 30 of the state’s 48 Lok Sabha seats. The ruling alliance won 17. One seat went to an Independent candidate.

Meanwhile, shutting down rumors of a rift within the Maha Vikas Aghadi, Congress’ election in-charge for Maharashtra polls, Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday met Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray and said that the health of both Thackeray and MVA is fine.

“I met Uddhav Thackeray today. He was in the hospital recently so I went to inquire about his health. ‘Vo ab theek hai aur Maha Vikas Aghadi ka bhi tabeyat theek hai,” Chennithala said while talking to the media.

He further asserted that the MVA has no differences and are together in this.

“We will have discussions on seat sharing again at 3 pm today. Nana Patole, Sanjay Raut, and Jayant Patil will work on seat division today,” the Congress leader said.