Ruling Samajwadi Party has criticised the UPA-II government over the steep hike in the prices of petrol and diesel and blamed Government’s poor economic policy for Government’s dismal performance.
''The Manmohan Singh government has failed in its economic policy and now the people of the country are facing the problem,'' said state SP spokesperson and UP minister Rajendra Chaudhury here on Sunday. He also claimed in a statement that the country men are now thinking about removing this government during the coming elections.'
In the past three months, prices of petroleum products were hiked six times. "The Union Government has given many excuses but it has been proved that its policies are no longer pro-people," Chaudhury said and added that the present government could only be remembered for its scams and inefficiency. Meanwhile, SP state president and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav appointed Atul Pradhan of Meerut as the president of the Samajwadi Chatra Sabha and Brajesh Yadav of Deoria as the president of the Mulayam Singh Yadav Youth Brigade.