Allahabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to target Uttar Pradesh's Samajwadi Party government for what it calls is Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's failure on the law and order front and the lack of development in the state. BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday expressed his apprehension over the deteriorating law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh, which goes to poll in 2017.
"The prevailing atmosphere of violence is a matter of serious concern," he said at the BJP National Executive meeting in Allahabad.
Shah's statement came in the wake of recent clashes in Mathura and Kairana, which led to some deaths in the former and subsequent migration of over 100 families from the latter.
While hitting out at the Samajwadi Party, he said, "The present state government proved to be a complete failure in maintaining peace and development in the state. It seems that the UP government is helpless in dealing with the series of violence."
"UP is the biggest state in India and people are upset with the poor development and governance in the state. It is increasing becoming a matter of serious concern," he added.
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who briefed reporters about Shah's speech, said the BJP president specially discussed UP and said the state government has been unsuccessful in curbing violence.
On the recent incidents in Mathura, Shah said that the politics of forcefully grabbing government land with "patronage" was "very unfortunate".
Shah also referred to the alleged migration of a community from the western UP town of Kairana and said that it is a matter of deep concern.
He pointed out that 2017 will be a year of challenges in which besides UP, there are polls in Uttarakhand, Punjab, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also present during Shah's speech as were senior ministers like Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, senior office bearers as well as party veteran LK Advani.
Shah also highlighted electoral violence against his party workers in Kerala and West Bengal. He emphasised that the entire BJP was with its workers who had faced political attacks in Kerala.
Taking a jibe at Congress, he said the party was getting "increasingly weakened" because of its repeated obstructions in the path of development.
Praising Modi government's achievements, he said that "two prominent Islamic nations of Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan have within a time span of one month conferred their highest award to our Prime Minister Narendra Modi".
Referring to the Prime Minister's recent five-nation tour, Shah said the US, Mexico and Switzerland had expressed their support India's entry into the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG).
The BJP president claimed that his party was providing a "no corruption government" which was decisive and had ended policy paralysis of the previous regime.
Claiming that under Modi's leadership, the country had emerged as a "beacon" of the 21st century for the rest of the world, Shah said the government had ensured that there is promising GDP growth with a human face.
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