Rahul, Priyanka, Mayawati slam UP govt over violence

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi and Bahujan Samaj Party BSP president Mayawati on Saturday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over incidents of violence during filing nomination for block president pollsTaking to Twitter Rahul Gandhi shared a newspaper clipping detailing incidents of violence during filing nomination for block president polls in the state ldquoIn Uttar Pradesh the name of lsquoviolencersquo should be changed to lsquomasterstrokersquordquo tweeted GandhiCongress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP government of preventing a woman from filing nominations and misbehaving with her ldquoA few years ago a rape victim raised her voice against a BJP MLA an attempt was made to kill her along with her entire family Today BJP crossed all limits to stop the nomination of a woman Same government Same behaviourrdquo Gandhi said in a tweetBSP chief Mayawati also targeted the BJP and said there is no law and order but ldquojungle rajrdquo in the state ldquoEven in the present BJP government in Uttar Pradesh there is no law but jungle raj under which innumerable violence in the panchayat elections is taking place and misbehaviour with a woman of Lakhimpur Kheri is also very shameful Is this their rule of law and democracy This is something to think aboutrdquo said the BSP chief She further asked why the Dalit ministers of the central and UP governments are silent when Dalitsrsquo homes are being destroyed Violence was reported in different parts of the state during the nomination filing process for block president electionsMeanwhile Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the Cabinet reshuffle initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and induction of new ministers in his team is in reality the representation of entire India In a series of tweets he said ldquoThe kind of public representation and public partnership envisaged by our eminent personalities especially thinkers like Babasaheb BR Ambedkar and Ram Manohar Lohia ji is being fulfilled under the leadership of Modi jirdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever