BJP stoking communalism to trap voters: Akhilesh

“Welfare schemes like those in UP are not running in any of the BJP ruled states, whether its MP, Chhattisgarh or Gujarat,” he said.

He said that SP government was helping the people and alleged that the previous BSP regime wasted state funds.  

In the cane belt, Akhilesh said SP government increased state advisory price of the cane by Rs 40 per quintal, but the Congress led UPA imported sugar from abroad.  

“Due to this factor the sugar mills in the state went into red. But the government made them operational by spending from its own pocket,” he said.