New Delhi: UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday alleged that ‘foreign hands’ were involved in the conspiracy to topple his government. He said that if the Congress dismissed his government, it would never succeed in forming the government at the Centre again.
Addressing a rally of backward Lodh community in Mahoba, UP, Mulayam Singh said when he had assumed power in the state in 2003, he had the support of 247 MLAs but alleged that the Governor, on the advice of lawyers of Congress and BSP, had now prepared a report to dismiss his government.
However, Mulayam Singh said that the Supreme Court had not termed his government as unconstitutional but the opposition parties were "spreading rumours to whip up a favourable atmosphere for dismissal of the state government".
Terming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the 'weakest Prime Minister', Mulayam Singh accused Singh of failing on every front in his two and a half year rule.
"He is a good economist but he does not have any say in Delhi", he said attacking the foreign policy of Congress-led UPA Government.
Mulayam Singh said farmers had committed suicides in Congress-ruled states and claimed the condition was much better in UP but the Centre was "not acknowledging the stark reality due to political reasons."
In another development, the CPI-M on Monday made it clear that it is against imposing Article 356 — President's rule — in Uttar Pradesh.
In what may be termed as the first significant statement against the proposal of imposing Article 356 in the state, CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat said, "Cure for a bad government is not the imposition of Article 356."
On the first day — Saturday — of the two-day Politburo meet being held at Lucknow, CPI-M Politburo member Sitaram Yechury said, "Whether the government enjoys majority or not should be determined on the floor of the House. This has been our principled stand for the last 40 years."
As the political crisis deepens in Uttar Pradesh, hectic lobbying is going on, in both parties—the Congress as well as the Samajwadi Party.
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