Launching a sharp attack at Akhilesh Yadav and accusing the Samajwadi Party of having links with the illegal codeine cough syrup trade, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that the state government no one will be spared and bulldozer action will be take at the appropriate time. Speaking in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Adityanath also highlighted that 78 people have been arrested and raids at 134 locations have been conducted so far in this matter. He alleged that those involved in this case are associated with the Samajwadi Party.
He said the Samajwadi Party should avoid misleading the people, alleging that Yadav's party was involved in a lot of illegal work when it was in power from 2012 to 2017 in Uttar Pradesh.
"They have raised the issue over codeine cough syrup... In Uttar Pradesh, production of codeine cough syrup does not take place. The production takes place in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. Deaths due to this have been reported in other states. The entire matter is about illegal diversion," Adityanath said.
"There are two namoone in the country, one in Delhi and the other in Lucknow. Whenever there's a discussion in the country, these individuals run away. And I think the same thing is happening with your 'Babaua'. He will also leave the country again for a trip to England, and you people will keep shouting here," Adityanath said, taking a jibe at Yadav, without naming anyone.
Later, Yadav hit back at Adityanath and called it an open admission of internal discord within the BJP. "Self-admission! No one had expected that the Delhi-Lucknow fight would reach this point. People holding constitutional positions should maintain at least some sense of propriety and not cross the limits of decorum," he posted on X.
Coming to the case, the Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), led by an officer of the rank of Director General of Police (DGP), to probe the matter. According to Uttar Pradesh Parliamentary Affairs and Finance Minister Suresh Khanna, large consignments of the cough syrup were diverted using fake bills to smuggle it to Bangladesh and Nepal.
