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Those who call themselves socialists drive expensive cars: PM Modi takes dig at Pratik Yadav's Lamborghini

The PM said that the Cong-SP alliance would be shattered.

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Taking a swipe at the Samajwadi Party Government in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the people of Uttar Pradesh doesn't support the SP-Congress alliance, adding that the alliance would shatter the dreams of the people. 'The public did not support the alliance of Samajwadi Party and Congress. Did you see what happened in Uttar Pradesh' The BJP won the MLC elections; this shows Uttar Pradesh didn't like their 'saath'. SP-Congress alliance will shatter the dreams of the people,' said Prime Minister Modi while addressing a rally here.


'I want to ask how Akhilesh forgot the attack carried out on Mulayam Yadav by Congress in 1984. It is shameful to befriend those who tried to murder one's father. Has the Indian politics stooped down to this level'' he asked.
The Prime Minister further said that the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister is not that experienced and hence failed to understand the cleverness of the Congress Party.
Prime Minister Modi even accused the Samajwadi Party Government for not paying heed to the grievances of the poor and said that instead of working for the benefit of all, the latter only supports people from their own clans.

'The Samajwadi Party never showed interest in making a list of people below poverty line so that we can sanction them money for their basic requirements. The state government is such a deep sleep, that they are not even spending the money allocated for feeding the poor in orphanage,' he said.

Further taking a jibe at the opposition in the state, he said the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress are favouring each other in some way or the other in the elections. 'Though UP means 'up', nothing here is going UP. Development is going down, women security is going down, farmer well-being and employment is also down, road conditions are down,' he added.

Taking a dig at Mulayam Singh Yadav's son Prateek Yadav, the Prime Minister said, 'I don't own a single car but these people who call themselves socialists, have many expensive cars.' Prime Minister Modi further said that the BJP Government which is committed to work for the welfare of poor would ensure that their loan is waived off once it comes to power. 

Earlier, there was a controversy over Pratik Yadav's Rs 5 crore Lamborghini even though he is not a politician  Prateek is Mulayam's younger son from his second marriage to Sadhana Gupta. In his childhood, Prateek contracted pneumonia while studying in Dehradun. A steroid injection made his weight shoot up to 103 kg. Prateek is married to his long-time sweetheart Aparna Bisht and they have a three-year-old daughter. Prateek is a University of Leeds graduate and manages the family's massive land holdings. He plans to develop them into residential, commercial and industrial complexes.

He had his fair share of controversy. In November 2012, a group of Samajwadi Party workers entered the party office in Lucknow and demanded that Prateek be given a ticket to contest from Azamgarh for the 2014 general election. His mother pushed for a ticket, as did his uncle Shivpal Yadav. However Prateek was not given an election ticket.

Sadhana Gupta's political ambitions for her son have been repeatedly dashed. But with Mulayam agreeing to allow his choti bahu Aparna to contest the upcoming assembly election, there is another sun rising in the Samajwadi Party. Aparna Yadav admires patriarch Mulayam and has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A trained classical and semi-classical singer, she has also won acclaim for her social work from the United Nations. She is now the face of the Samajwadi Party (SP) from the Lucknow Cantonment (Cantt) area for the 2017 assembly polls.

 

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