Kushinagar (UP), Apr 26 (UNI) Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the central government should take strict steps against terrorism, terrorists and the whole country is with the government.

While talking to the reporters, after paying tribute to former MLA Purnamasi Dehati and former district president Shukrulla Ansar, Akhilesh said, "We hope that the government will take concrete steps. The incident of terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir is very sad and condemnable. We all are with the martyr families from Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat, Haryana and other states of the country," he said.

He said that in the all-party meeting, all the parties are standing with the government against this attack. "The decisions taken by the government to answer Pakistan and against the terrorists, all are with the government. The country wants that an incident like Pahalgam should not happen in future," he said.

He said, "The government has support in every way. It is hoped that the intelligence will not fail in future. There will be no lapse in security. Regarding this incident, everyone is saying that there was an intelligence failure of the government. There was no arrangement for the safety of the tourists."

The SP chief said that every citizen of the country, elders, children and everyone is worried about this incident. "The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has taken all the decisions regarding Jammu and Kashmir in an arbitrary manner."

He said, "The government had assured the people that there would be no terrorist incidents, but it is sad that the incident happened even after that. The BJP government cannot escape its responsibility. We hope that the government will implement the assurances given regarding the security of the country, protection of borders and economy."

Akhilesh said that our army is very brave but the BJP government has demoralised the youth by bringing the Agniveer scheme in the army. "The youth wants to serve the country by staying in the army. He wants a permanent uniform and a permanent job. Many youth from villages of all the districts of the state including Kushinagar and Ghazipur used to prepare on a large scale to join the army, but there is disappointment among the youth due to the introduction of the Agniveer scheme," he said.

In response to a question, he said that one should not be selective in the matter of visiting someone's house. "I go to many places but BJP people do not go. SP leaders and workers have already gone to Shubham Dwivedi's house in Kanpur. We did not go but our people went. Our visit is not a matter of politics. BJP and its leaders are doing politics," he said.

Demanding Rs 5 crore rupees and a government job for the families of those martyred in the terrorist incident, he said that the day the government gives Rs 5 crore rupees and a government job, I will also go to the house of martyr Shubham Dwivedi of Kanpur.

The SP chief said that the intentions of the people of BJP are bad. "The government should ban those who give a different direction to the incident. The whole country and all the people are standing in grief of the martyred comrades. BJP should not do politics on this serious issue. The kind of picture posted from the verified social media account of BJP also saddened the supporters of BJP," he claimed.

He said, "Today I was not allowed to land at Kushinagar airport. Earlier also I was not allowed to land at this airport. The weather was fine but the weather is getting spoiled. If I had landed, it would have got more publicity. By the way, the Samajwadi government had given the highest budget in the construction of this airport."

Earlier, Akhilesh reached the house of Madni Masjid litigant Shakir Ali in Hata, Kushinagar and met his father Haji Hamid Ali and the entire family and expressed grief over the death of Shakir Ali and expressed his condolences. Shakir Ali was a litigant of Madni Masjid.

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