Concerned over the prices of pulses going through the roof, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav urged the Centre to come forward to bring down the inflation. Yadav said that the subject of pulses disappearing from the platter of poor and common man owing to escalating prices is serious matter of concern.
The Chief Minister even refuted the allegation of State Government unable to stop the illegal storage of crops and said that this was not the time to make any allegation instead adequate steps should be taken to bring down the prices essential things including lentils.
Claiming that it was Centre’s responsibility to check inflation, Yadav said that all steps will be taken by the State Government to check price rise. “The Centre is responsible for the price rise. It should come forward to curb it. During elections, they (BJP) had promised throughout the country to have formula for curbing price rise. Now time has come when they should apply their formula,” Yadav told reporters here. “If they (BJP) have formula, SP is ready to help them. But what is their formula,” he said while talking to media persons soon after the Cabinet meeting.