(FE)
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is set to present his second full budget today after coming to power in the state in March 2017. A year before the Lok Sabha elections, Yogi government’s budget is expected to be a populist one with some big announcements for the stressed farm sector, jobs and infrastructure. In 2019, BJP will be banking on Uttar Pradesh to come back to power at the Centre once again. In the 2014 General Elections, the saffron party had won record 71 out of 80 Lower House seats in the state.
A day ahead of the Budget, a heated exchange took place between the BSP and some members of ruling party in Lucknow assembly on Thursday, leading to an early adjournment of the House. The heated exchange started after BJP’s Dal Bahadur Kori, a former BSP leader, made certain remarks against his former party and its leader during the Motion of Thanks. BSP’s Lalji Verma and Sukhdev Rajbhar raised objections to Kori’s remarks. However, Minister of labour and Employment Swami Prasad Maurya, who had also quit BSP after levelling serious allegations against Mayawati, came to the defence of Kori, leading to a heated exchange between BSP leaders and Maurya.
