Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav reiterated his commitment to ensuring the welfare of the people in the state.In his reply to the debate on the supplementary budget, which was passed in the UP Assembly on Thursday, the CM said, '' Our government was not spending the funds on memorials, parks or statues. We are concerned for the welfare of the people and were committed to do so''.
The CM had tabled the first supplementary budget for the current fiscal to the tune of Rs 7112.39 crore in the House on Wednesday.However the CM blamed the previous BSP government on the law and order front and even said that more riots and deaths had occurred during the BSP regime as per the record between 2007-09.'' we are concerned about the law and order situation in the state and more work is required on this agenda. I am hopeful that situation will improve in the coming days,'' he claimed.
The CM admitted that riots create bad image for the state and investors refuse to come set up their units.Mr Yadav said that the opposition members have alleged that the budget was only linked to the development of Mainpuri, Kannauj, Etawah and Rampur, which is not true.'' The budgetary proposal was not spending even 7 per cent of the total amount in these areas,'' he claimed. He also indicated towards the BSP bench that they had spend all the funds on stones for memorials and parks but the condition of these memorials are bad now days as stones are falling.
'' The budget would pay the backlog of dues to the farmers while the pending works of irrigation would be completed,'' he said while adding that 500 bed hospitals would be made at Gorakhpur and Jhansi. The CM said a modern police control room would start at Kanpur from October 20.
He also said that the centre refused to give funds for the Samajwadi Ambulances but the state government in now running the ambulance through its own resources. Earlier leader of the opposition and BSP member Swami Prsad Maurya initiated the debate and criticized the government for spend the majority of funds for its own political interest.BJP member Satish Mahana , Congress legislature party leader Pradeep Mathur along with other members also participated in the debate.