Modi govt taking political mileage from Army: Dimple

SP candidate and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav on Monday hit out at the Narendra Modi government for "deriving political mileage" from the Army's accomplishments.

"I am the daughter of an armyman. These people are taking mileage from the martyrdom of our soldiers. They are politicising the army...never seen such a government earlier," the star SP campaigner said said at an election meeting here. Dimple also targeted the Centre over the demonetisation move saying they had made people "run around" for their own money.

"The Modi government which had promised 'achchy din' did the 'karnama' of note ban...you were made to run around for taking out your own money from banks...that was your hard earned money...till date there is no detail of how much black money has been detected," said Dimple, who is contesting the state Assembly polls from Kannauj constituency.