A day after vacating the palatial official bungalow allotted to him in his capacity as former chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday morning was spotted riding a bicycle to Gomti riverfront and was seen meeting morning walkers. Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav had to vacate the government bungalow as directed by the Supreme Court.
Akhilesh, who spent the night at the VVIP guest house was seen dressed in a white kurta-pyjama and was spotted clicking selfies with people at the riverfront. The former chief minister also played cricket with a group of youngsters. Talking to the morning walkers on the Gomati riverfront, Akhilesh said that he will keep a check on the projects that his government had implemented. built. It must be noted that the Gomti riverfront was one of the ambitious projects of Samajwadi Party government. The SP president also visited the Janeshwar Mishra Park in Gomati nagar which is again another ambitious project of the previous Samajwadi Party government.
The Gomti river front project hit the headlines following the financial irregularities were detected in the execution of the project. Even as the total expenditure was close to Rs 1,000 crore against the original estimate of Rs 500 crore the physical progress of the project was found to be less than 50 percent. The Yogi Adityanath government had recommended inquiry into the project by the CBI. The investigations are on.
On May 7, the Supreme Court had said former chief ministers of UP cannot retain government accommodation after demitting office. The UP government on May 17 then issued notices to Narayan Dutt Tiwari, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Kalyan Singh, Mayawati, Rajnath Singh and Akhilesh Yadav to vacate the bungalows.