Lucknow, May 6 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government is harassing poor farmers in the name of land acquisition.
In a press conference held at the party office, Akhilesh said the farmers of 33 villages of Jhansi and Babina, who are victims of harassment by Bundelkhand Industrial Development Authority (BIDA), met him and demanded justice.
He said, "A delegation of SP led by Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Lal Bihari Yadav went to Jhansi and Babina regarding the problems of the farmers and discussed the issue with the District Magistrate. When the District Magistrate agrees, it was believed that the government would fulfil it, but after the transfer...