Muzaffarnagar: In his first visit to Muzaffarnagar after the communal riots seven months ago, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday 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.
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% of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh.
Muslims and farmers have been ignored in the country and they need a helping hand to improve their condition, he said.