Prime Minister lashes at state govt. of Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur, Apr 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that his Central Government is not getting cooperation and feedback from the Uttar Pradesh Government of the various SCHEMES for the development of the state.

"I have to say with great disappointment that we are not getting proper assistance of the Uttar Pradesh Government for the development of the state. We don't want to play any politics with development. We know that without the development of country's biggest state, India cannot progress and move forward," said Dr. Singh while addressing an election rally here on Friday.

In his address, Dr. Singh also said that the government headed by him had been determined to combat terror.

"We have a strong determination to fight terror. Our government has taken various steps in this regard. We are making our intelligence agencies further stronger. We are paying extra attention towards the training modernisation of our security agencies," he added.

Union Minister of State for Home Shriprakash Jaiswal is the Congress party candidate from Kanpur.

Uttar Pradesh will witness quadrilateral contest between the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress party.

The polling will be held here under third phase on April 30. (ANI)