The worst fears of the voters of Uttar Pradesh have come true. It is gradually becoming clear that chief minister Akhilesh Yadav will run the state with active support of criminals. The voters were apprehensive before the assembly elections that Mulayam Singh Yadav's goonda raj days will return if they voted for the SP. By denying entry to muscleman D. P. Yadav in the party, Akhilesh had generated hope that the young CM would keep such elements at bay. But all such hopes have been trashed - first when he appointed over a dozen MLAs with criminal antecedents as ministers, and now when he has gone a step ahead and decided to withdraw all cases against the criminals owing allegiance to the SP. The most recent is the case of minister for home guards Brahma Shankar Tripathi.

For more log on to http://www.newsx.com