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Samajwadi Party (SP) President Mulayam Singh Yadav, who is nursing prime ministerial ambitions, on Wednesday released the party’s manifesto for the coming Lok Sabha polls.
The manifesto that broadly harps on socialistic ideas of providing free education and medical care tries to woo Muslims by promising job reservations and other socioeconomic benefits.
The party blamed forward trading for the current spate of runaway inflation in the country. SP general-secretary and architect of the manifesto Ram Gopal Yadav said spot trading to the tune of Rs 400-500 crore was transacted daily in the Azadpur Mandi of Delhi.
On the plight of Muslims, Mulayam, flanked by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and other senior ministers in the state Cabinet, said the condition of the minority community was worse than the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
The manifesto that broadly harps on socialistic ideas of providing free education and medical care tries to woo Muslims by promising job reservations and other socioeconomic benefits.
The party blamed forward trading for the current spate of runaway inflation in the country. SP general-secretary and architect of the manifesto Ram Gopal Yadav said spot trading to the tune of Rs 400-500 crore was transacted daily in the Azadpur Mandi of Delhi.
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“However, transactions worth almost Rs 400 crore are transacted in forward trading daily in Azadpur Mandi without any commodity actually bought or sold. This is fueling inflation. If our party comes to power at the Centre, forward trading would be scrapped,” he announced.
On the plight of Muslims, Mulayam, flanked by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and other senior ministers in the state Cabinet, said the condition of the minority community was worse than the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
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