Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday termed Uttar Pradesh's 2026-27 budget as the "farewell budget" of the Yogi Adityanath government and said that the ruling BJP will be out of power after the 2027 assembly elections.
At a press conference in Lucknow soon after the state government presented the budget in the Assembly, Akhilesh Yadav said that the government says that its budget has exceeded Rs 9 lakh crore and calls it an achievement.
Akhilesh Yadav Said that it is generally believed that every budget is bigger than the previous one. The real question is how much of it is actually spent.
Akhilesh Yadav alleged that on average, the government has failed to utilize even 50 percent of its allocation. He said that if the expenditure is so big, then why is the government not able to spend it? This shows the failure of the government.
Citing figures of different departments, Akhilesh Yadav claimed that only 57 percent was spent on agriculture, 36 percent on rural development, about 60 percent on animal husbandry, 58 percent on health and 53 percent on women's welfare.
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Attacking the government, he said that not being able to utilize funds in essential sectors shows the incompetence of the administration.
He said that when such a big budget is presented but not even half of it is spent, especially in essential departments, it shows the failure of the government and the incompetence of those running it.
The budget presented on Wednesday is being considered as the last full-fledged budget of the Adityanath government before the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
Akhilesh Yadav raised questions on law and order and said that the MLA in UP is kidnapping the minister. This would be the first time in the entire country that an MLA is kidnapping a minister.
He said that now children in UP have stopped playing thief and police. Here now both have become one. If pockets are hot then police is soft. If FIR is not registered then where will the crime be seen? Police and criminals are now on the same side.
Akhilesh Yadav said that after the deal with America, after free trade, if anyone is going to be hurt the most, it is going to be the villages and farmers. When everything becomes foreign, what will the farmer grow and then what will he earn?
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He said that there should be relations with America and we should not give away our market. We largely gave our markets to countries like China and Russia. Which way should India go? This will have to be decided by the people of India.
On the question of quashing the FIR lodged in the High Court against Nikant Jain on the charges of commission embezzlement in Invest UP, Akhilesh Yadav said that I am not commenting on the High Court but the amount of corruption that has happened in this government would not have happened in anyone else.
