Lucknow, Aug 30: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged that honest officials in Uttar Pradesh were being pressured under the BJP government to indulge in “unethical and illegal” activities.
Yadav, in a post on X, listed several ways in which he alleged officials were being pressured.
He alleged that officials were being forced to indulge in corruption through commissions, manipulate tenders to favour BJP workers, turn transfers and postings into a business and facilitate collection through donation slips.
He also alleged that pressure was being exerted on officials to register false cases against Opposition leaders, suppress cases of custodial deaths, facilitate fake encounters of political opponents and extort money by threatening encounters.
The SP chief further alleged that officials were being pressured to conceal cases involving atrocities against PDA (backwards, Dalits and minorities) communities, extort money from businessmen, suppress rape and kidnapping cases and hide alleged encroachments by BJP workers.
He accused the government of pressuring officials to facilitate the movement of goods across state borders, pass off adulterated products as genuine and ignore the alleged harassment of farmers, labourers, women and youth.
Yadav also alleged that officials were being asked to suppress cases of untouchability, avoid registering FIRs in temple theft cases (Ayodhya) and protect influential individuals through a “cover-up”.
“There are countless other instances where the BJP government puts pressure on officials to carry out unethical and illegal acts, because of which they are even forced to resign,” Yadav said in his post.
“Governance and administration cannot function without honest officials,” he added.
The remarks came after Divya Mittal, an IAS officer of the 2013 batch, announced her resignation from the service on Sunday.
Earlier, at a press conference at the party headquarters here, Yadav said the government was spending Rs 7,000 crore to improve its image.
“The truth is that if they (BJP government) even spends Rs 70,000 crore, their image is not going to improve,” he said.
