Even as the controversy around the recent transfers in the Health department and PWD in Uttar Pradesh refuses to die down, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati launched a veiled attack on the Yogi Adityanath-led state government claiming that attempts were being made to save “some big fish involved in the game.”
She was addressing a meeting of the BSP office-bearers from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
In a press note issued by the BSP chief on her Twitter handle on Monday, she alleged that people in the state were being harassed due to corruption at every level.
“People are now witnessing how the game of corruption is being played in transfers and postings, which has become an industry. The state government has been exposed by some of the ministers but efforts are on to save some “big fish of this game”,” she alleged.
Maywati further targeted the government, claiming that communal and religious issues were raised regularly to disturb communal harmony and that a distorted picture of development was being presented through costly government advertisements.
“The BJP government in the state is a victim of internal strife and casteist disturbances. For how long will development continue to be affected by casteism, communalism, corruption and tussle among leaders? Such is the condition of their development claim that the new Bundelkhand Expressway collapsed in just four days,” she said.
The former UP CM said that the way the GST tax had been imposed on essential items of daily use was a glaring proof of the anti-poor policy of the government.
“Barring a handful of wealthy people, the income of most of the people of the country has declined. People are bearing the brunt of inflation. The price of INR is falling at a record level in the international market and the Central government should take some steps,” Mayawati said.
The transfer of doctors in Uttar Pradesh sparked a row after which Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak had written a letter to the additional chief secretary regarding the implementation of the transfer policy in the department.
Pathak, who is also the health minister, wrote to the ACS, medical and health, and demanded an explanation over the “lapse” in not implementing the transfer policy in the current session.
“It has come to my knowledge that in the transfers that have taken place in the current session, the transfer policy has not been completely followed. Provide complete details of all those who have been transferred along with reasons for the same,” the letter read.
A day later, ACS, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad also wrote to the director general, medical and health, and sought a report on the concerns raised by the deputy CM. After the letter sparked a row, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took immediate cognisance and formed a probe committee led by the chief secretary. Some PWD officials were also suspended by the chief minister.