Akhilesh spreading canard against Yogi govt: Suresh Khanna

UP’s Finance Minister Suresh Khanna on Monday accused Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav of spreading a canard and making unfounded and baseless allegations to malign the image of the Yogi Adityanath government.
Khanna said that the SP chief was rattled by the achievements of the BJP government and that the “politically bankrupt opposition party” had no issue to fight the Yogi government. “The Yogi Adityanath government has given the benefits of welfare schemes to all sections of society irrespective of caste and creed, winning praise from the common people. It has unnerved the Samajwadi Party, forcing its leaders to create a web of lies and level baseless allegations against the government,” Khanna said.

The CM displayed political courage and implemented reservation in government jobs for the upper caste poor, he said. He added that the government, besides successfully managing the Covid pandemic, also created a record in making payments to the cane growers. “So far, the state government has purchased over 52 lakh MT of wheat from the farmers under the Minimum Support Price scheme and made direct payment of over Rs 10,000 crore to the farmers. Sugar mills have also cleared the payment of over Rs 1.36 lakh crore to the sugarcane farmers so far,” he pointed out.

The minister claimed that the SP leaders were jittery over the achievements of the UP government as it successfully brought the second wave under control. He claimed that the growing popularity of Yogi Adityanath had shaken the foundation of the Samajwadi Party which had nothing to do except levelling false and baseless allegations against the government.