Uttar Pradesh’s legislative calendar ignited Monday with the budget session’s start, marked by the Governor’s policy blueprint to lawmakers. Yet, the occasion devolved into uproar as BSP, SP, and Congress mounted a fierce offensive, decrying it as disconnected hype rather than a roadmap for redress.
On X, Mayawati critiqued the address for straying from parliamentary norms. ‘It needed vigor on state growth, societal advancement, and broad public good,’ she wrote. She painted a grim picture: government errors have left millions in distress from poverty, job scarcity, familial strains, and acute worries over personal security and faith. Protests during the speech stemmed from this void of assurances, she implied, urging the Governor to prod the administration.
The omission of updates on delivering BJP’s welfare commitments amplified public unease, best addressed in the budget, per Mayawati.
SP’s Shivpal Singh Yadav slammed it as a ‘corruption-boosting charade of government flattery.’ Congress leader Aradhana Mishra ‘Mona’ deemed the 55-page tome a ‘collection of deceptions and fantasies,’ evidenced by the Governor’s skimpy delivery.
Her breakdown was scathing: false law-order triumphs mask crime spikes, rampant graft, and massive police shortages. Medical college fanfare hides unfinished facilities sans doctors, aides, or drugs. Farmers reel from policy flaws delaying essentials like manure and seeds.
Earlier, Congress-led INDIA bloc protesters converged at Charan Singh’s statue, amplifying cries against joblessness, cost-of-living crises, farm troubles, health inadequacies, and SIR disputes.
With tensions simmering, the assembly braces for a battle over real versus professed progress in UP’s governance.