With people facing crisis due to demonitisation of high currency notes, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra modi urging him to extend the validity of old high currency notes till November 30 and also asked him to start camps in rural Uttar Pradesh where people are facing the crunch.
“The Samajwadi Party is not against curbing black money. But the exercise should be carried out in a manner that people do not suffer. There is massive crisis in villages where people are not getting notes of smaller denomination. The validity of use of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 donomination should be extended up to November 30. The Union government should open camps to exchange bigger notes with smaller notes,” Yadav said in his letter to Prime Minister content of which were released on Sunday.
Yadav said that the RBI should ensure that banks and ATMs should have enough cash with them. “The monster of corruption can be reined only if all the political parties fight a united battle,” he said.
Chief Minister said that his government was keen to curb black money and will help Union Government in its all endeavour.
In another function CM spoke at length about the utility of media in everyday life. “This is the era of digital media. It is people’s responsibility to ensure that information reaches quick and fast. `Masala’ should not be added to news,” Yadav said.
“The Samajwadi Party government has promised Smart phones to the youth which will accelerate inflow of information. Over 70 lakh people have already registered for the scheme. If SP returns to power, it will provide these gadgets free of cost to them,” the CM said.
Yadav didnot forgetto highlight the achievements of his government especially in the infrastructure sector. He said that the Agra-lucknow Expressway, which will be inaugurated on November 21, will be the pride of Uttar Pradesh.
“We built this road in record time and the team which worked round the clock to ensure its completion in just 22 months, should be credited. The image of UP has got a major boost because of this, as it is the longest access control highway. Many industrialists wondered as to how we were able to complete this in a chort time,” Yadav said.
About the power sector, the CM said that no other government had done so much work in the sector like his government did. For the first time, foundation stones were laid by me which were later inaugurated by me. “The power department budget was merely Rs 9500 crore which was hiked to Rs 50,000 crore so that people did not suffer,” he said.
The CM also spoke about Samajwadi Pension Scheme, Kanya Vidyadhan Scheme and other social welfare schemes including laptop distribution that changed the face of UP youths.