Lucknow: Amid public resentment over power crisis, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the state government will work on a large scale to ensure power supply was in accordance with the electricity demand. The Samajwadi Party government has inherited a loss of Rs 25,000 crore from the previous Mayawati regime, but it was working on setting up of new projects which would free people of the power crisis in the years to come, he said after inaugurating a law college in Lucknow.
Referring to education sector, he said that providing qualitative education in the rural area was a big challenge but the government was working in this direction and change was visible in the field. The Chief Minister said qualitative education which assists in getting employment was needed in the country. Emphasising on technical institutions like ITI, he said such institutions were helpful in removing unemployment.
Meanwhile, in Farukkhabad, Akhilesh assured people to ensure integrated development of the district. In a programme, he distributed free laptops to the students. On the memorandum of an organisation "Lohia ke Log" regarding neglect of the area, he said schemes for the development of Farukkhabad would be soon formalised. Meanwhile, two youths attempted to take laptops on the basis of fake intermediate marksheets, but were nabbed, sources said.
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05:52 PM, May 25, 2013
Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati's dream projects, including memorials and parks in the name of Dalit icons in the state capital, would now witness marriages and cultural events with the Akhilesh government deciding to use the space for public purposes. "Yes...the decision has been taken in this regard. It was in the Samajwadi Party's election manifesto to utilise areas of these memorials and parks for public purposes. By doing so we...
12:25 PM, May 23, 2013
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has said that the state government will do everything possible under the law in the Dalit Memorial scam case in which close aides of BSP chief Mayawati have been indicted. While Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta NK Mehrotra had said that there is no evidence against Mayawati in the Dalit Memorial scam, he had recommended that the money should be recovered from former ministers Nasimuddin...
03:40 PM, May 21, 2013
Lucknow: The ruling Samajwadi Party on Monday said that all those indicted by Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta, for syphoning off public money in construction of memorials during the BSP regime, would be punished according to the law. In a statement issued here, SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said that Lokayukta, vigilance and CBI were probing scams of the previous Mayawati regime and the results were appalling. "All records of misuse of the...
01:55 AM, May 21, 2013
Lucknow: In a huge setback for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, the state government has named the BSP chief's key confidant in its report on the Dalit Memorial Scam and asked for a Rs 1,400 crore compensation. The UP Lokayukta, NK Mehrotra, has named Mayawati's key aide former minister Nasimuddin Siddiqui and Mayawati's former right hand man Babu Singh Kushwaha as the main accused in the scam. Both the...
04:00 PM, May 20, 2013
Bareilly: BJP president Rajnath Singh on Wednesday attacked BSP and Samajwadi Party for continuing their support to the "scamster" Congress-led UPA government and said his party will not stake claim to form a government in case both withdrew support to it. "These parties say they are together as they want to check BJP from coming to power, but today BJP promises that it would not stake claim to form government...
09:25 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday said there was "no malafide intention" in the checking to which BSP leader Mayawati was subjected to during campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka. Mayawati, while campaigning in Karnataka's Gulbarga district on April 27, was stopped for checking at the airport and a total of Rs 1 lakh found in her possession. She had objected to the act and alleged "bias" against her. Replying to...
04:46 AM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Taking strong exception to alleged harassment of party chief Mayawati while campaigning in Karnataka, BSP on Monday demanded immediate removal of the state Chief Electoral Officer and action against erring officials to ensure fair polls. BSP general secretary Satish Chandra Misra has complained to the Chief Election Commissioner, saying Mayawati was "deliberately" frisked and checked for unaccounted cash when she was campaigning in the southern state on April...
01:11 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Gulbarga: A "flying squad" of the Election Commission on Saturday subjected Mayawati to checking for a second time in quick succession, following which an angry BSP supremo hit out at the poll watchdog, playing the Dalit card. As soon as Mayawati, who is in Gulbarga for campaigning for the May 5 assembly poll, landed by helicopter at a helipad on the outskirts of the taluk headquarters town of Jewargi in...
07:59 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Lucknow: A minister in Uttar Pradesh has brought further embarrassment for the Akhilesh Yadav government. At a time when ministers are touring districts for state's image makeover, UP Textile Minister Shiv Kumar Beria in his remarks said that no policeman can sit down without his permission and they have to take his permission before acting. "No cop can do anything until I give orders. No cop can even sit till...
11:39 AM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The shock over gruesome rape and brutality of a five-year-old girl on Monday resonated in the Rajya Sabha with members cutting across party lines pressing for stern action, including death penalty, to deal with such crimes even if it needs a relook at the new anti-rape law. The House took up an impromptu discussion on the issue during which members also suggested an all-party meeting to find ways...
07:18 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Lucknow: With an eye on upper caste vote bank, BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday announced names of 36 candidates for Lok Sabha polls, 18 of whom are Brahmins. Seeking to exploit the upper caste card to the hilt, she alleged atrocities were being committed on such people during the Samajwadi Party rule in Uttar Pradesh. "Just as Dalits are facing onslaughts, atrocities are being committed on Brahmins too under the...
06:10 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati said on Wednesday the Lok Sabha elections could be preponed as the country is heading towards "political instability" due to corruption, inflation and unemployment. The BSP chief asked the party workers in Lucknow "to make all preparations" required for giving a better result in Uttar Pradesh this time on Wednesday. "People are unhappy due to corruption, inflation and unemployment under the UPA government and...
03:10 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Lucknow: The bitter war of words between the Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh has escalated in the last few days. The Akhilesh Yadav government has ordered an enquiry into BSP supreme Mayawati's rally at Lucknow's Ambedkar Park where the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister had alleged that the state government was full of goons, mafia and anti-social elements. Samajwadi Party leader and PWD minister Shivpal Singh...
11:24 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday demanded that president's rule be imposed in the state. At a hurriedly called press conference in Lucknow, Mayawati urged Governor BL Joshi to take note of "the breakdown of law and order" and recommend imposition of president's rule in the state. Reacting to the attack on her by Public Works Department Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav,...
05:58 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Lucknow: The ruling Samajwadi Party on Tuesday attacked BSP supremo Mayawati saying her behaviour is 'belagaam' (uncontrolled). "Mayawati does not have restrain in her language...The behaviour and action of Mayawati is 'belagaam' (uncontrolled)," SP spokesman Rajendra Chowdhury told reporters. Mayawati, addressing a function to mark BR Ambedkar's 122th birth anniversary on April 14, had said that SP "goons" will be "taught a lesson" when she returns to power. Chowdhury also...
06:36 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Lucknow: Accusing the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh of indulging in political vendetta against the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), former chief minister of the state Mayawati said SP "goons" will be "taught a lesson" when she returns to power. Angry over removal of hoardings installed by her party on BR Ambedkar's birth anniversary, the BSP chief on Sunday said during her governance, land was leased to marginal farmers,...
04:40 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Lucknow: Apparently peeved over removal of hoardings set up on the occasion of 122th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh of acting with political vendetta and treating her party as number one target. "Members of the opposition parties are being dealt with political vendetta and BSP is being made number one target," she said....
12:16 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: BSP supremo Mayawati has said that conditions signal early elections in the country. Responding to questions, the former UP chief minister said though she does not favour early polls, the current political conditions suggest the elections could be held early. The BSP Chief, whose party gives outside support to the UPA government, was responding to a question. "No matter when the elections are held, my party is ready....
02:11 PM, Apr 07, 2013
BSP Chief Mayawati today slammed the government over CBI searches at DMK leader MK Stalin's residence, claiming that she too has been a victim of "misuse" of CBI by both BJP and Congress to further their political interests. ...
02:20 PM, Mar 21, 2013
