With a resolve to improve law and order situation in the state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav asked Opposition not to raise false alarm over crime rate as the investment environment was positive and the canard could spoil the show.
‘’The investment environment in the state is very positive with already over Rs 60,000 crore foreign and Indian investment is in offing. But the projection of bad law and order could create a hurdle,’’ he said while replying to the four day long debate on budgetary grants in the state assembly here on Thursday.
He said that his government was making all out effort to improve the law and order situation and has got some achievement in the process. ‘’The opposition along with the media is defaming the government over crime rate whereas the fact is that this rate is much more in other states as compared to UP,” he said.
Talking about Badaun rape case he said the state government had taken all the steps and even arrested all the accused.’’ None would be spared found breaking the law who ever he might be,’’ he announced.
Charting out the development road map he said in the first phase laptops, Kanya Vidya Dhan and unemployment allowances were distributed but now, in the second phase, infrastructure is given priority. This decision will give youths more jobs and they now do not need alloawance.
He also criticized the opposition leader particularly the leader of the opposition in the assembly Swami Prasad Maurya for first condemning the government for distributing the laptops and when the government has stopped it now they are demanding it.
‘’This shows the double standard of the opposition. They should learn to appreciate good things,’’ he said.
In his around 100 minutes speech, Yadav, touched every issue of the government and replied all the queries of the opposition members raised during the debate.
Giving details of the projects Samajwadi Party government would launch he said that the Greenfield Expressway between Agra and lucknow is underway while instructions have been issued for preparing the Detailed Project Report (DPRs) for Metros in four cities of Agra, Kanpur, Varanasi and Meerut.
He said that the work for the lucknow Metro will start very soon as all the formalities have been completed. The CM said that MoUs have been signed for investment in UP of over Rs 60,000 crores in New Delhi recently and these companies will start their work very soon.
‘’Industrial parks are being set up in Ferozabad, Allahabad, Kannauj and other areas too which will generate lakhs of new jobs in the state,’’ he claimed.
Yadav said that several big IT and other multi-national companies are now coming to the state which will open job opportunities for the youth.’ ‘The IT hub at Chak Ganjaria in lucknow and a new IT park in Agra would come up shortly,’’ he said.
On the power crisis issue, he said that several new power plants will start generation by the end of this year or next year and assured that the people of the state would get rid of power cuts by 2016. He also blamed that Centre for not providing full power quota to the state.
The CM alleged that the past lok Sabha elections had witnessed the highest ever election expenditure and media influencing the voters. ‘’ Such massive use of money in the elections will certainly give rise to corruption,’’ he said.
He also did not spare the BJP members in the house who created din on the first two days of the session.’’ BJP members should be more responsible now as they are in the power at the Centre. They should also impress their government to bring funds to the state for infrastructure and other developments,’’ he stated.