Lucknow, June 28 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has slammed the Yogi Adityanath government over the alleged atrocities on land owners and shopkeepers in Gorakhpur by forcefully acquiring their land and not paying the compensation on market rates.
He said CM Adityanath had announced Metro Rail for Gorakhpur and Jhansi nine years back, but nothing has happened, he said.
"Today, 'gorakhdhandha' (deception) is going on in Gorakhpur. If the Gorakhpur people open their mouths, then there will be a custody corridor instead of the heritage corridor, as the government has planned," he quipped.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday along with leader of the opposition in the state assembly Mata Prasad Pandey, the SP chief was furi...