Caste, crime, cash fuel Uttar Pradesh politics: Ajit Singh
Vrindavan, Aug 1: Taking a swipe at former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Rashtriya Lok Dal president and union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said that Mulayam Singh, Mayawati and Kalyan Singh were responsible for the state's backwardness.
The
union
minister
was
speaking
at
the
two-day
open
session
of
the
state
unit
of
the
Rashtriya
Lok
Dal
Wednesday
evening.
He
criticised
the
caste
conferences
organised
by
Mayawati
and
Mulayam
Singh,
and
said
politics
in
Uttar
Pradesh
had
long
been
fuelled
by
caste,
crime
and
cash.
Ajit Singh said the state lacked infrastructural facilities, and security too was a big concern. "How will investors come here? The unemployment rate is very high. There is hardly any land left for redistribution in rural areas," the union minister said.
As for the creation of a new state of Harit Pradesh from Uttar Pradesh, Ajit Singh said the people of western Uttar Pradesh must then be prepared for a long-drawn struggle and for sacrifices, like the people of Telangana.
Singh said his party would contest the next election with the Congress.
Last month, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court banned caste-based political rallies in the state.
IANS