Narendra Modi desperate to come to power; is afraid of Samajwadi Party: Mulayam Singh Yadav

Mulayam Singh Yadav today hit out at Narendra Modi saying the BJP prime ministerial candidate is desperate to form government at the centre but he is afraid of the Samajwadi Party.

"Modi is desperate to form government at the centre but he is afraid of SP and telling one lie after another in desperation. He speaks maximum lies on Gujarat model, which is a farce," Yadav said while addressing an election rally here.The SP supremo alleged that during Modi's regime, thousands of farmers committed suicide and over 20 lakh people were unemployed in Gujarat, while under his regime only four farmers has committed suicide in Uttar Pardesh that too due to other personal reasons.

"There was shortage of medicines and doctors in the hospitals and women were malnourished in Gujarat. 44,000 children were missing there, who could not be traced," Mulayam claimed. Referring to dowry and SC/ST acts, the SP supremo said these laws were being misused, adding that during SP regime misuse of these laws would be checked and cases would be lodged against those misusing it.

Hitting out at BSP, Yadav alleged that not a single unit was added to the power generation capacity of the state during Mayawati's government, whereas during SP regime the state would soon get adequate power supply.Mulayam also said that BSP was no where in the scene and the main contest was between Modi and himself and people should vote to prevent communal forces by voting in favour of SP.