Kannauj: Amidst the ongoing second phase of Lok Sabha elections, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party Supremo Akhilesh Yadav addressed a public rally in Kannauj and said that the 2024 elections are to save the Constitution.
Speaking at the rally, Akhilesh Yadav said, "The BJP is helping big businessmen while the INDIA alliance and SP will help the poor... This election is also to save the Constitution. You must have seen, the BJP wants to finish the Constitution. Remember, if the Constitution finishes, our right to vote will also end. There will be no right to vote."
He also urged the voters to take an oath to save the Constitution. "Today, take an oath to protect the Constitution that was given to us by Dr BR Ambedkar, the Constitution that gives us rights, the Constitution that protects our self respect... the Constitution that gives us reservation, we have to work to save the Constitution. 'Agar Samvidhan bachega, to hamara loktantra bachega.'
Yadav also said that there are two types of people in the 2024 elections, one that wants to save the Constitution while the other one who wants to finish it.
Taking a jibe at the BJP, the former CM also said, "...Today every corrupt has reached in the godown (warehouse) of BJP...Those who keep saying 'parivarvaad', the truth is these BJP and NDA people are scared of PDA parivaar- 'pichre (backward), Dalit and alpasankhyak (minority)."