Yogi govt hiked cane support price ahead of polls for selfish motives, says BSP chief Mayawati
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Mayawati alleged that the BJP government did not take concrete steps for the development of the classes to which it had given representation in the ministry expansion and had only stopped the schemes brought by her government earlier for the purpose.
Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati, who extended support to a peaceful Bharat Bandh called by farmers against the Centre's three farm laws, alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government increased cane support prices ahead of the assembly elections for "selfish" motives.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief on Monday termed the cabinet expansion of the Yogi Adityanath government in the state an effort to mobilise voters on the basis of caste and warned the electorate against such designs. Notably, CM Adityanath announced a hike of Rs 25 per quintal in the purchase prices of sugarcane in the state on Sunday, a day ahead of a Bharat Bandh called by farmer unions.
The BSP chief tweeted (in Hindi), "The UP BJP government kept ignoring the farmers here for four and a half years and did not increase the support price of sugarcane, which I had pointed out during a conference of the enlightened classes in Lucknow on September 7. Now they have remembered sugarcane farmers just before elections which only shows their selfishness."
