Akhilesh's move to save the constitution: Akhilesh warned people to not vote for BJP to save the constitution

Akhilesh's move to save the constitution, Kannauj: With polling ongoing in several states in the country in the second phase, political parties are making all their efforts to influence voters to vote for them. Similarly, former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav and the current president of Samajwadi Party has been making efforts to get the confidence of voters.

In a political rally in Kannauj, Akhilesh Yadav tried to make the voters understand that the constitution is under threat and if the current ruling government comes back to power, they could end up abolishing it. According to the INDIA block, they are fighting the elections in order to save the constitution of the country which is supposedly under threat, as BJP is trying to change and/or abolish the constitution.

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Yadav's allegation on BJP

While addressing the rally, Yadav stressed that Bhartiya Janta Party is working for the rich business owners while INDIA block will work for the poor if voted to power. He further warned people by saying that BJP wants to finish the constitution. He said "this election is also to save the Constitution. You must have seen, the BJP wants to finish the Constitution. Remember, if the Constitution finishes, our right to vote will also end. There will be no right to vote."

Akhilesh Yadav's seriousness about the threat to constitution is something that almost all parties of the INDIA block are carrying in their election campaign.

His seriousness can be measured by the fact that he went onto ask people to take oath to protect the constitution by saying that "Today, take an oath to protect the Constitution that was given to us by Dr BR Ambedkar, the Constitution that gives us rights, the Constitution that protects our self respect... the Constitution that gives us reservation, we have to work to save the Constitution. 'Agar Samvidhan bachega, to hamara loktantra bachega.'"

The second phase of Lok Sabha elections are undergoing in the country with 13 states/Union Territories involved in the polling. The second phase has 88 Lok Sabha constituencies across Rajasthan, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, MP, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, Tripura, Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir.

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