New Delhi: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav took a dig at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that while the INDIA bloc leaders were demanding Minimum Support Price (MSP) for farmers, the Union Budget presented on Tuesday, showed that the BJP has given "support price" to their allies.
"We all, especially the Samajwadi Party, were demanding that farmers should get MSP so that their income doubles. But here we are seeing that the support price is given to the alliance partners who are saving their (BJP) government, rather than the farmers...," Yadav who participated in the INDIA bloc protest against the Budget at the Parliament complex, speaking to a News Agency on Wednesday, said.
Slamming the government for proposing to give internships to youth, Yadav questioned what will happen in their future after their internships are over.
"You are first giving jobs and then creating these jobs in such a haphazard way that the future of youth will not be secured. What will happen after the internship? Who will give them jobs?" the Samajwadi Party Chief said.
Yadav also claimed that the government has not taken adequate steps to curb inflation.
"The government could not take any concrete step regarding inflation. Even if you are giving some benefits to the middle class, essentially you are taking it back owing to inflation," he said.
The Samajwadi Party Supremo also claimed that Uttar Pradesh did not get any substantial allocation from the Budget because people from Lucknow have angered those in Delhi. (with Agency inputs)
