BSP will make people return to UP: Mayawati

Ghaziabad: BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday lashed out at political opponents over the migration of people in search of livelihood saying it was only during her government that those who had left the state returned home. “Congress had been at the helm for the longest time after Independence and people migrated because the means of livelihood were not available here. After that, whether it was the SP or BJP government which ruled the state, unemployed people migrated in search of livelihood as the governments here did not make arrangements for them,” she said at an election meeting here.

She said people have been “very unhappy” under these governments. She said even under the present government, farmers and other sections feel harassed because of wrong policies.

Migration, especially from the western districts of the state, has been in focus this coming election in the state. Mayawati said it was her government that had initiated projects like Jewar airport and Ganga Expressway. “BSP government was developing Jewar Taj Int]l Airport and aviation hub and Noida-Ballia 8-lane Ganga Expressway projects for employment and development.” (PTI)