Uttar Pradesh: Double murder shifts focus to law and order in Budaun
Lok Sabha polls, with the Samajwadi Party targeting the BJP over the law and order situation while the saffron party asserting that «rapid police action» resulted in the death of the main accused.
Located in western Uttar Pradesh, Budaun is considered the gateway to the Braj region from Rohailkhand.
Samajwadi Party, which is eyeing to reclaim the seat that it lost in 2019, has fielded Shivpal Singh Yadav as its candidate. The BJP is yet to declare sitting MP Sanghamitra Maurya as its candidate for the Lok Sabha polls.
While the political fervour was building up in the constituency, two minor brothers were hacked to death on Tuesday evening, sending shock waves across the district and the state.
The double murder has altered the political discourse in the constituency.
Terming the murder as a «failure of law and order», Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said the lives of the two brothers could have been saved.
«The lives could have been saved had the police worked properly. They (BJP government) can't hide their shortcomings, this encounter is not going to hide their failure,» Yadav had said.
Shivpal Yadav also attacked the government over the incident. «The incident in Budaun is very saddening but the law and order of the government has failed totally. This becomes clear by incidents like these,» Yadav had said.
Maurya, who visited the house of the deceased boys on Wednesday, assured full support to the family members and accused the SP of doing politics over the issue.
«I condemn the murder of the
