Akhilesh Yadav pulls up BJP, says some people like only one colour

Taking a veiled jibe at the BJP without taking its name, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said Holi is a multi-coloured festival but some people like only one colour.

Addressing the Holi Milan function in his native village Saifai in Etawah, Yadav said, "Holi festival is giving us an opportunity to celebrate happiness, embrace each other. You and I should take a pledge that we will continue to fight against injustice. This (Holi) is a multi-coloured festival, some people do not like colours, they like only one colour. But our democracy will be strengthened, there will be people of different ideologies and different thought processes in it." "This (Lok Sabha) election is an examination for you and me, along with that of the future of the country and democracy. If democracy survives, then the rights, which we have got will also survive," he added.

Yadav said, "There has been no examination conducted by the government left whose question paper has not leaked. The government is deliberately getting the question paper leaked, as it does not want to give jobs. If they will give jobs, they will also have to give reservation. If in the coming 10 years, the BJP stays (in power), they will also not allow marriages to happen, as one will turn old by then, while waiting for a job." The SP chief also said that inflation is at its peak.