Yogi govt taking credit for Lucknow Metro, my other projects: Akhilesh

Akhilesh claimed Yogi had failed on all fronts, including farmers, youth, health, roads, tourism, transport, agriculture, cane payment and more

A day after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath marked his six months in office by releasing a booklet contouring his ‘achievements’, his predecessor and Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday charged the Yogi government with appropriating his flagship development projects as their own.

Akhilesh specifically mentioned Lucknow Metro project, which saw the light of day under his regime (2012-17), although its commercial run was flagged off by Yogi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh only earlier this month.

The former CM said Lucknow Metro project had gained momentum during his regime even as he alleged the Centre