Akhilesh shielded terrorists when he was CM of UP: Nadda

Ayodhya (UP): BJP president JP Nadda accused Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday of shielding terrorists. Addressing an election meeting here, he said, “On November 23, 2007, there were bomb blasts in three court complexes in Uttar Pradesh.

Fifteen people were killed and 50 injured. The Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the blasts. It took the responsibility for the bomb blasts at the Dashaswamedh Ghat, in a Shramjeevi train, and at Sarojini Nagar, Govindpuri and Paharganj in Delhi.

It also took the responsibility for the Sankatmochan Varanasi blasts and the Mumbai local train bomb blasts.” Nadda said the investigating agencies had nabbed one accused from Azamgarh and another from Jaunpur.

“They faced trial, but Akhilesh withdrew the cases against them when he was the chief minister (of Uttar Pradesh) in 2012. Later, the high court had asked whether it was the government’s job to protect terrorists. This is the real face of the SP,” he added.

“Akhilesh shielded terrorists. I allege that as the chief minister, he gave shelter to terrorists. The saviour became the attacker. He has misled the innocent people of UP,” he claimed.

Referring to SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s visit to Karhal to address a poll meeting on Wednesday, he said, “Akhilesh took his father to the constituency from where he is contesting the polls.”