"Governments Not Serious About It": Mayawati On Rising Prices Of Essential Items

Besides price hike of essential commodities, BSP chief Mayawati also emphasised it is necessary for state and central governments to devote full resources to deal with poverty in the country.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday raised concerns over increasing prices of essential commodities and questioned that why the government is not taking serious note of the issue which are gravely affecting people. "The way the prices of daily essential commodities like petrol, diesel, cooking gas and milk etc. are increasing continuously in the country, the inflation is touching skies and making people's lives sad and stricken. Still the governments are not serious and worried about it, why? This is very sad," she said in an official statement. The BSP chief further emphasised that it is necessary for the state and central governments to devote full power and resources to effectively deal with poverty in the country. "In order to effectively deal with the problem of poverty, unemployment and inflation etc. everywhere in the country, it is necessary for the central and state governments to devote their full power and resources to its solution, so that the country can be taken out of the atmosphere of despair and development can be brought on the right track," Mayawati said.