After the arrest of a YouTuber, allegedly following a video he made highlighting the poor condition of an Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife (ANM) centre in Sultanpur district, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav slammed the BJP government in the State for “continuously attacking democracy and promoting dictatorship”.
“The arrest of YouTuber journalist Lalit Yadav for showing the truth about the ANM centre in Sultanpur district is proof that talk of zero tolerance against corruption is meaningless. The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh is attacking democracy and promoting dictatorship. There are constant attacks on the autonomy of constitutional institutions and freedom of expression,” said the SP president and former U.P. CM.
Mr. Yadav, a resident of Sultanpur, was arrested after a nurse at the ANM centre complained of assault and misbehaviour by the YouTuber while filming the video which purportedly shows the poor conditions and lapses at the centre. Mr. Yadav is heard saying that doctors are nowhere to be seen at the facility which opened six months ago and pointing at dog excreta in the building. The video, which has gone viral, also shows a woman hitting Mr. Yadav with a stick and slippers, and trying to snatch the microphone from him.
