Lucknow: Opposition parties today poked fun at the ruling Samajwadi Party in view of the fued in Mulayam Singh Yadav family, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav should have repaired the "cycle" (SP's election symbol) four-and-a-half years back as his actions now mean nothing.
Rahul Gandhi, in the course of his 'kisan yatra', said, "Akhilesh should have removed the defects from the cycle four-and-a-half years back. Now with elections hardly six months away, what does all this mean?"
He was apparently referring to Akhilesh Yadav's action of sacking two ministers on graft charges and shunting out the chief secretary, known for his closeness to senior cabinet minister and uncle Shivpal Yadav.
Mr Gandhi was speaking during a roadshow in Mirzapur in eastern Uttar Pradesh, from where he resumed his Deoria-Delhi mahayatra after a two-day break.
His barb came against the backdrop of BJP's charge that the Congress Vice President was more vitriolic in his attack on the saffron party compared to Samajwadi Party and that there was a bonhomie between Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav -- both describing each other as "achha ladka".
BJP state unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya said, "The Samajwadi Party has totally failed in checking law and order, prevailing 'goonda raj', corruption and land grabbing and so it has resorted to these tactics for diverting people's attention to build up the image of Mulayam's son and chief minister."
Questioning both Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh Yadav on various decisions taken by them, Mr Maurya said it has now been proved that the tussle for power and personal gains within the government and Samajwadi Party have become anarchic in which bureaucracy is also being used as a tool without bothering for the interest of common people of the state.
Rahul Gandhi, in the course of his 'kisan yatra', said, "Akhilesh should have removed the defects from the cycle four-and-a-half years back. Now with elections hardly six months away, what does all this mean?"
He was apparently referring to Akhilesh Yadav's action of sacking two ministers on graft charges and shunting out the chief secretary, known for his closeness to senior cabinet minister and uncle Shivpal Yadav.
Mr Gandhi was speaking during a roadshow in Mirzapur in eastern Uttar Pradesh, from where he resumed his Deoria-Delhi mahayatra after a two-day break.
His barb came against the backdrop of BJP's charge that the Congress Vice President was more vitriolic in his attack on the saffron party compared to Samajwadi Party and that there was a bonhomie between Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav -- both describing each other as "achha ladka".
BJP state unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya said, "The Samajwadi Party has totally failed in checking law and order, prevailing 'goonda raj', corruption and land grabbing and so it has resorted to these tactics for diverting people's attention to build up the image of Mulayam's son and chief minister."
Questioning both Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh Yadav on various decisions taken by them, Mr Maurya said it has now been proved that the tussle for power and personal gains within the government and Samajwadi Party have become anarchic in which bureaucracy is also being used as a tool without bothering for the interest of common people of the state.
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