Union Home Minister Amit Shah attacked SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday, saying “goonda raj” would return to Uttar Pradesh if his party came to power in parliamentary polls.

Addressing “influential voters” in a door-to-door campaign, he also accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) and BSP of promoting dynastic politics and the caste system.

Shah bowed at the Bank Bihari temple before starting door-to-door for state assembly polls.

Attacking the former SP government, he asked: “Isn’t there a goonda raj? Aren’t bahubalis (strongmen) looking for someone? Aren’t sisters and daughters humiliated?”

“Azam Khan was arrested and the CrPC unit failed to bring charges against him,” he said, referring to the Samajwadi party leader.

He mocked Akhilesh Yadav’s criticism of law and order, saying he had no right to complain.

“Chullu bhar pani mein doob maro,” he scoffed in Hindi.

“Akhilesh Babu you question law and order, you should drown in a handful of chullu water. You have no right to have an opinion on this,” he said against the Samajwadi party leader.

If Akhilesh Yadav comes to power, “goonda raj” (mob rule) will prevail, he claims to attack the opposition party.

But if the BJP is back in power, it will boost development, he said.

The union minister stressed that his party runs the government in a transparent manner and that even political opponents cannot accuse them of corruption.

“Before the BJP, the state had seen SP and BSP governments working for specific castes. Neither of them had a plan for the overall development of the country. This was done by (PM) Narendra Modi and (CM) Yogi Adityanath,” he said.

“The BJP is not a caste-specific party, but society as a whole,” he claimed, adding that casteism and dynastic politics were rejected in a 2017 parliamentary poll.

Shah said previous SP and BSP governments promoted caste system and dynastic politics amid rampant corruption.

“But during the last seven years of the Modi government and Yogi Adityanath’s rule, even Rahul Baba has been unable to quell allegations of corruption,” he said, referring to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

“Akhilesh Babu came out with stacks of banknotes from your supporters’ houses, but no allegations of corruption against BJP,” he said, apparently referring to the seizure of cash and jewellery from two perfume traders in Kanpur and Kannauj . He also took a swipe at SP’s promise of free electricity, saying why it wasn’t done sooner.

He claimed his party was working for places of worship without caring about voting banks, citing the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and the Kashi Vishwanath corridor in Varanasi.

Earlier, accompanied by party leaders, the minister distributed pamphlets in Satua village near Govardhan Road and took pictures with local workers.

He was seen putting a wreath on a woman’s lap to a beaming child as the woman shed the petals.

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