LUCKNOW, April 4 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) people are illegally occupying land of farmers, poor and even the government land. He further alleged that land mafia were being nurtured by those in power.

In a statement issued on Friday, Yadav alleged, "Not only in Gorakhpur, Ayodhya, Lucknow or Kanpur, but in reality, in the BJP rule, many 'commissionerates' of land mafia have been formed in the entire Uttar Pradesh."

"Be it charitable land or ponds, permanent land mafia protected, sponsored and nurtured by the BJP are active on these, while temporary land mafia are doing illegal work in broad daylight in illegal mining or deforestation. Records after records of illegal occ...