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Mayawati accuses Cong of ignoring Poorvanchal
PTI | Lucknow
Accusing the Congress of completely ignoring Poorvanchal during its
rule in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has alleged
that the region trailed behind only due to the party's wrong policies.
"Poorvanchal was completely overlooked during the long regime of the
Congress in UP, where not a single industry was set up resulting in
unemployment and poverty and the region trailed in terms of
development,
She said that instead of blaming the state government, the Congress
should introspect. "It was only due to the wrong policies of the party
that Poorvanchal remained a backward region."
While the UPA government paid no attention to setting up new
industries in the region, those set up earlier were closed down, she
said.
"While a number of industries set up by the Centre in Allahabad have
closed down long back, some others like ITI were on the verge of
closure," she said.
Mayawati said that four sugar mills of the Centre were non-operational
and a number of industries in Sultanpur and Rae Bareli were facing
closure.
"The Centre adopted a step-motherly attitude towards UP in the power
sector as no ultra mega power project was allocated to the state," she
said. Mayawati said that in order to improve the situationin
Poorvanchal and accelerate development of other areas of the state,
she met the Prime Minister and requested for a special package of Rs
80,000 crore.
"Unfortunately, the Centre paid no heed on the request made by the
state," she said.
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said she also wrote a letter to the
Prime Minister last year and apprised him with the situation in
Poorvanchal while demanding a special area incentive package.
"This package has been given to some states like Uttrakhand where
rebate is being offered in income tax and excise, but the request made
by the UP to grant a similar package for industrial development in
Poorvanchal region has not been accepted by the Centre so far," she
alleged.
Accusing the Centre of indulging in politics on the issue of
development, Mayawati said Congress leaders were hampering UP's
progress by giving "baseless and misleading statements from time to
time."
"Contrary to the allegations being levelled by the opposition parties
specially Congress, the BSP, when in power, has taken concrete
measures for the development of Poorvanchal region," the BSP supremo
said.
She said besides setting up new industries and power projects in the
region, the government has launched a host of schemes for the welfare
of the people in Poorvanchal.
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