Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday slammed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the state’s failure to appoint a full-time DGP and said that the latter is also an “acting chief minister” of Uttar Pradesh.
Akhilesh Yadav’s remarks came a day after senior IPS officer Vijaya Kumar took charge as the acting Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh.
Yogi Adityanath gave the additional charge to Kumar after R K Vishwakarma, who was the officiating DGP, retired from service on Wednesday. Vishwakarma assumed charge as the officiating DGP of the state on April 1 after the then-officiating DGP D S Chauhan retired.
Akhilesh Yadav also said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has evolved into a land mafia in Uttar Pradesh. “BJP politicians are occupying lands arbitrarily and the administration is assisting them,” he said.