Lucknow:-Pulling up the Akhilesh Yadav-led government for the “slow place” of work on the development front in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today said that he was only hearing about “foundation-laying” of projects, and not the “inauguration” of such schemes.
“There are a lot of schemes, but the pace of work is very slow. I am hearing about the launch of schemes and not about their inauguration. I am not getting a chance to inaugurate schemes,” Mr Yadav said.
He was addressing a programme on the occasion of the foundation-laying ceremony of the 302-km Lucknow-Agra Expressway at Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s 5 Kalidas Marg residence, in his presence.
“When he was there (as CM), he did not lay foundation but inaugurate schemes. Whenever, he used to lay foundation, he assured to fix a date of inauguration there .
Asking party ministers to “deliver”, Mulayam said, they should know that party organisation is above the government. They can remain ministers, only when if the organisation wants them there. The ministers and officers should explain why the projects are not getting completed”.”He is a national president in the national executive…If they want to remove him, they have to call (a meeting) again. And if he is there, they have to perform,
On the occasion, Mulayam asked representatives of construction companies to tell him when they would complete their projects; after getting an assurance from them that it would be “completed in 24 months”, he gave them a deadline to finish it within 22 months.
