Muzaffarnagar: Visiting Muzaffarnagar for the first time since the communal riots seven months ago, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today reached out to Muslims and claimed that assistance worth Rs 115-crore was given to victims unlike in Gujarat where "not a single rupee" was spent by chief minister Narendra Modi for the 2002 riots-affected.
Addressing a rally in the western Uttar Pradesh district that will go to polls on April 10, he said that no party would gain a majority in the elections.
The Third Front will form government and the Samajwadi Party will emerge as the largest party, he said.
With the Samajwadi Party government under attack for their handling of the communal riots that left over 60 people dead and displaced thousands others, Mr Yadav claimed the administration had successfully controlled the violence in two days.
"SP government provided an assistance of Rs 115 crore to riot victims. Such a big amount was never distributed as relief to riot victims in the country... Gujarat government led by Modi had not given a single rupee to the riot victims but UP government has distributed relief amount to riot victims without any discrimination," the former UP chief minister said.
Referring to the Sachchar committee report, he said that Mulims are economically backward and the state government has planned various welfare schemes for them.
He claimed that the Samajwadi Party would win more than 50 per cent of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh.
The SP chief said that Muslims and farmers have been ignored in the country and they need a helping hand to improve their condition.
He also appealed to the people to vote for SP candidate Virender Singh.
Addressing a rally in the western Uttar Pradesh district that will go to polls on April 10, he said that no party would gain a majority in the elections.
With the Samajwadi Party government under attack for their handling of the communal riots that left over 60 people dead and displaced thousands others, Mr Yadav claimed the administration had successfully controlled the violence in two days.
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Referring to the Sachchar committee report, he said that Mulims are economically backward and the state government has planned various welfare schemes for them.
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The SP chief said that Muslims and farmers have been ignored in the country and they need a helping hand to improve their condition.
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