Archive · 31 Aug 2026
Akhilesh Yadav Accuses BJP Government, Announces Booth-Level Campaign
Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party, criticized Uttar Pradesh’s BJP government at a press conference.
He said the government was very corrupt, but these were his allegations rather than established findings.
He claimed that some government institutions were being sold and that about 26,000 schools had been closed.
He also questioned plans to revise voter lists before the next Assembly election.
Yadav said his party would start organizing workers at every polling booth across the state.
He wants to build support among backward classes, Dalits and minorities, which he calls the PDA family.
He accused the police and government of treating some communities unfairly.
He also said AI was being used to make videos attacking him and his family.
The BJP government and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have separately accused Yadav and his family of wrongdoing involving the JPNIC.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused Uttar Pradesh’s BJP government of unprecedented corruption.
Yadav announced that the SP would begin a statewide booth-level election campaign on Tuesday.
He alleged that government institutions, including the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre, were being sold or handed over.
Yadav accused the government of closing about 26,000 schools and questioned planned electoral-roll revisions before the Assembly polls.
He also alleged caste-based police harassment, fake encounters, custodial deaths and the use of AI-generated videos targeting him and his family.
- Who
- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, the BJP government of Uttar Pradesh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
- What
- Yadav made corruption and governance allegations and announced a statewide booth-level SP election campaign.
- When
- The statements were made on Monday, August 31, 2026; the campaign was announced to begin Tuesday, and school-related programs were planned for Teachers’ Day on September 5.
- Where
- At the Samajwadi Party headquarters in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- Yadav said the SP would expand its organization, highlight alleged corruption and injustice, and prepare for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party
BJP Government and Yogi Adityanath
Corruption and JPNIC
Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party
Yadav alleged that Uttar Pradesh had never had a government as corrupt as the current one and said government institutions, including the JPNIC, were being sold.
BJP Government and Yogi Adityanath
Yogi Adityanath accused Yadav and his family of looting the JPNIC and committing wrongdoing in its construction.
Electoral-roll revision
Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party
Yadav alleged that planned voter-list revisions could manipulate votes and add voters from other states in support of the ruling party.
BJP Government and Yogi Adityanath
The article does not provide the government’s response to these allegations.
Police conduct and social justice
Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party
Yadav alleged caste-based harassment, fake encounters and custodial deaths, and said an SP government would investigate such cases.
BJP Government and Yogi Adityanath
The article does not provide the BJP government’s response to these specific police-related allegations.
- Speaker
- Akhilesh Yadav, president of the Samajwadi Party
- Campaign
- The SP announced a booth-level election campaign across Uttar Pradesh beginning Tuesday.
- JPNIC dispute
- Yadav accused the government of selling the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre; Yogi Adityanath had accused Yadav’s family of looting it and committing wrongdoing in its construction.
- Schools
- Yadav alleged that around 26,000 government schools had been shut down and said the SP would hold programs there on September 5.
- Electoral rolls
- Yadav alleged that an annual revision and Special Intensive Revision of voter lists could be used to manipulate voting rolls; the article presents this as his allegation.
- PDA campaign
- Yadav said the SP would expand its PDA family, referring to backward classes, Dalits and minorities.
- AI videos
- Yadav alleged that AI-generated videos targeting him, his wife Dimple Yadav and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were being created.