Lucknow, Dec. 17 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav has launched a scathing attack on the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, saying that corruption is rampant in the state and law and order has completely collapsed.
Calling the Codeine cough syrup case a "major scam," he said that the poisonous syrup claimed the lives of many people, yet the government is busy protecting the accused. He alleged that thousands of crores of rupees worth of illegal business was conducted through approximately 700 shell companies, yet no action was taken. Officials are so fearful that they are not even valuing the homes of the accused.
In a statement issued by the party on Tuesday, Akhilesh Yadav said regarding the Special Intensive Revis...