In a surprise move , Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has resigned as Lok Sabha MP . Akhilesh handed over his resignation to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from his membership of the House.
In the recently held Uttar Pradesh elections, Akhilesh was elected as an MLA from the Karhal seat. He was the MP from Azamgarh.
Following Akhilesh was another SP leader Azam Khan who also resigned from his membership of the Lok Sabha. He won from the Rampur assembly seat in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh assembly Polls.
Earlier Akhilesh took a dig at the BJP , saying Uttar Pradesh is ranked among the worst states in the country under the Niti Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).
“In the first multidimensional poverty index (MPI) of NITI Aayog, under the BJP rule, UP is among the three poorest states in the country; UP ranks third in terms of malnutrition rate and under the child and adolescent mortality rate category, UP has secured the worst position in the entire country. These are the badges of failure of the BJP government,” Akhilesh Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi.
भाजपा के राज में नीति आयोग के प्रथम बहुआयामी ग़रीबी सूचकांक MPI में उप्र देश के सबसे ग़रीब तीन राज्यों में शामिल है; सबसे अधिक कुपोषण में उप्र तीसरे स्थान पर है तथा बाल व किशोर मृत्यु दर श्रेणी में पूरे देश में उप्र सबसे ख़राब स्थिति में है।
ये भाजपा सरकार की नाकामी के तमगे हैं। pic.twitter.com/zgnZJEkFB0
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) March 21, 2022
He also posted a newspaper clipping that claimed that UP is among the poorest state in the country. The SP chief was referring to the Niti Aayog’s MPI ranking report according to which Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India.