Lucknow, April 15 || Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday took a jibe at the Yogi Adityanath government, saying that its zero poverty programme in the name of B.R. Ambedkar will prove to be another 'jumla'.
Taking to social media platform X, Akhilesh Yadav said that as the government's 'zero tolerance' got zero, similarly, its 'zero poverty' will also prove to be the BJP's jumla.
Slamming the government, he said: "Zero was given to the country for mathematics, not for disseminating lies to the public. Poverty is eradicated by work, not by lip service. The BJP government is zero in works. They will leave, reducing everything to zero."
Stepping up the attack, he said, "BJP can only deceive people by renaming earlier schemes like 'Ambedkar village' and 'Lohia village'. Before making any new promises, the BJP should transfer Rs 15 lakh to every account and review the situation of the adopted villages."
"First, just wipe off the layers of dust accumulated on promises like home for everyone and water for every household. At least don't lie to poor people," the former chief minister said.
In another post, Akhilesh Yadav denounced the attack on Jain munis resting in a temple in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch.