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A few months ahead of Uttar Pradesh polls, Income Tax (I-T) raids were reported at the residence of Samajwadi Party (SP) national secretary Rajeev Rai. Raids are underway at more locations at the premises of people close to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, news agency ANI reported. "I have no criminal background or black money. I help people and government didn't like it. This is a result of that," Rai told ANI. Premises of RCL Group promoter Manoj Yadav and his residence in Mainpuri were also raided, according to the reports.
Income Tax department conducting searches at various places in Uttar Pradesh. Premises of RCL Group promoter Manoj Yadav and his residence in Mainpuri and premises of Rajiv Rai in Mau, UP are covered in the search. More details awaited: Sources
— ANI (@ANI) December 18, 2021
Earlier, Akhilesh had asserted that the BJP government had subjected people only to shortages and humiliation, asserting that 'Samajwad' is a synonym of 'Ramrajya'. Yadav made the allegation while addressing a public meeting in Bachravan assembly constituency here before starting the seventh leg of his 'Samajwadi Vijay Yatra' ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. The BJP government has made people only suffer from dikkat, killat and zillat (difficulties, shortages and humiliation), the SP supremo alleged.
"No government has given so many problems to people as the BJP government has. Today, there is a shortage of everything. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were shortages of medicines, medical treatment and oxygen," he said. "People have never faced so much of 'dikkat' (problems), 'killat' (shortage) and 'zillat' (humiliation) in any government as it is in this government. People are feeling humiliated today, the BJP which is in power has been insulting people," he said.
Alleging a shortage of fertilisers for farmers, the SP chief said, "Is anybody getting fertiliser? If you check fertiliser bags, you will find them 5kg lighter (than the quantity mentioned on bags). I don't know from where does the BJP get to learn such things. As the price rise (of various items) is making its presence felt, there is a shortage of fertiliser. It seems they have learnt this (trick) from a Parle-G biscuit," he said, alluding to the alleged reduction in the number of biscuits in the popular snack packs with the same price.
