Lakhimpur: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed the Yogi Adityanath government was making do with acting police chiefs instead of a full-time DGP as they were more likely to do the ruling party's bidding.
Addressing party workers at an event here, Yadav took a swipe at the BJP over its "double-engine government" slogan, saying "This is the first time since Independence that the state got its third acting DGP in a row. Are the engines of Lucknow and Delhi colliding?"
Vijay Kumar, an IPS officer of the 1988 cadre, has been appointed as acting DGP of Uttar Pradesh. Before him, R K Vishwakarma and D S Chauhan served as acting police chiefs of the state.
With the appointment of acting police chiefs, the BJP leaders can do whatever they wish, the Samajwadi Party chief alleged. (with Agency inputs)
