Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday mocked the Uttar Pradesh government over its talk of turning the state into a USD 1 trillion economy, saying it should take a look at a Niti Aayog report to see where UPÂ actually stands.
Speaking in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on the recently presented state Budget, he claimed a 2021 report placed UP at number 4 from the bottom on a list of 28 states with "low poverty", and second-last on the 바카라good health바카라 list.
Yadav called the BJP government at the Centre "Chhapamar" -- one which conducts raids.
"The BJP has at least learned something from the Congress, which also used to conduct raids," he said, in an apparent reference to allegations that the government misuses its investigative agencies to target the opposition.
Yadav, who is Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, reiterated his party바카라s demand for a caste census to redefine the reservation policy. He said inclusive development is not possible without a caste census.
"We will fight for the caste census and ask BJP allies to support us," he said in his over one-and-a-half- hour address.
He opposed the Centre바카라s new Agnipath recruitment scheme, which allows most soldiers to serve only a short term in the armed forces.
The SP leader said 바카라Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas'Â -- the BJP government바카라s slogan of inclusive development -- or a 'Ram Rajya" is not possible without 바카라samajwad바카라 (socialism).
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was present in the House at the time and is expected to respond Wednesday, winding up the debate on the UP Budget.
Yadav said every budget presented by the Adityanath government claims to be 바카라historic바카라 and the 바카라biggest바카라, but still there is no improvement in the state on several parameters.
The Budget offered neither 'rozgar' (employment) nor 'vichar' (thought), he said. He also claimed that the government planned to privatise the health department.
Yadav claimed that a growth rate of 34 percent is needed for achieving the target of USD 1 trillion, and joked that the CM바카라s economic advisor is not telling him the truth.
Without naming industrialist Gautam Adani, he took a dig at recent beating the group took on the stock market after a Hindenburg Research report cited alleged malpractices.
바카라Just one report has taken the world's number 2 industrialist to the place where he is now,바카라 he said, and asked if the BJP has now 바카라left its friend바카라.
He also alluded to the absence of 바카라an industrialist friend of the BJP" at the recent investors summit organised by the state government.
Mocking the event바카라s organisation, he claimed that potential investors were given lunch coupons. 바카라Whoever wore a tie had lunch,바카라 he said.
-With PTI Input
