LUCKNOW: Describing rise in communal violence in the state as alarming, former chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP ) president Mayawati on Tuesday said the Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh (UP) has failed on all fronts.

In a statement after her return from Himachal Pradesh , where she had gone for assembly election campaign the BSP chief said that goons are ruling the state and people, even police force, is living under fear. "It is a matter of great concern that the people are unsafe and the law and order situation in the state is becoming worse by every passing day," she said.

Mayawati said that during her regime not a single riot took place. Even the 'tense period' after Ayodhya judgement on Babri mosque-Ram Janambhoomi was peaceful but in first seven months SP rule, communal clashes have become the order of the day. She asked the SP government to take a lesson from her government and control the situation and give relief to common people.

"Mathura, Bareilly, Pratapgarh and now Faizabad - the communal violence is getting from bad to worse and curfew has been imposed for a long period in many parts of the state," she said. She also described Akhilesh Yadav as "ghoshna mukhya mantri (announcement chief minister)" and said that while the state was faced with serious challenges, he was busy making tall claims and hollow announcements.

The BSP chief said that communal tension in different parts of the state has not only resulted in loss of life and property but has also harmed amity and brotherhood in society which is very unfortunate and a matter of grave concern. She said that crime control and law and order has been bad ever since SP came to power but now it is complete jungle and mafia raj in the state and the government appears to be totally inadequate to deal with it.

Referring to clashes in Mathura, Bareilly, Pratapgarh and Faizabad in the recent past, she said, since these places are very sensitive, strict measures should have been in place in these districts. ""But it is most unfortunate that the government remained impassive and lax on such sensitive issues and instead remained busy in making tall claims and promises and people believe that many more such incidents have taken place in these past few months," she said.

On Monday, while responding to criticism on deterioration in law and order in the state and rise in communal violence during his seven months rule so far, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav had claimed that that recent communal clashes in the state was a conspiracy against his government. Referring to the communal violence in Faizabad, Yadav had said that the first priority of his government is to bring normalcy. Thereafter, he added, the government will expose the faces behind the 'conspiracy' to vitiate communal atmosphere of the state. He also assured that strict action will be taken against those responsible for violence. When asked who are conspiring against his government, Yadav had said that everyone knows about them but he will disclose their identity at an appropriate time.