Adityanath sails through UP Budget as Oppn leaders fail to corner govt

Opposition leaders failed to put Yogi in the dock over law and order issues, sugarcane arrears

A spineless Opposition has provided the Yogi Adityanath government with a virtual cakewalk in the ongoing Budget session in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.

The state government, which was on a sticky wicket due to issues of law and order, sugarcane arrears of over Rs 2,500 crore, and potholed roads when the session began on July 11, turned the tables on the Opposition with its crop loan waiver of Rs 36,000 crore and by raking up alleged cases of corruption related to the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) regime.

Further, the discovery of a white powder-like substance, alleged to be an explosive