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Mulayam refutes Rahul's charge on cane dues

LUCKNOW, MARCH 22. Refuting Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi's reported charge in Lok Sabha on non-payment of dues to sugarcane farmers, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today said the State Government had cleared the arrears of the previous year as well as the current fiscal.

However, he said that there were cane dues of 2003-04 but his party was not in power at that time.

Responding to a notice of propriety given by Congress member Jagadambika Pal and Pramod Tewari in this regard during the zero hour in the Vidhan Sabha, he said the State Congress leaders were not providing Rahul the correct information.

Accusing the Congress of ``succumbing'' to the pressure of industrialists and effecting changes in the State's policies, Mr. Yadav said his government had never entered into any kind of agreement with industrialists. He said it was the Congress, which had in the past effected changes in policies under pressure from the industrialists.

Mr. Yadav alleged that Mr. Pal had written to him for extending favours to an industrialist but refused to divulge the contents of the letter despite the Congress leader's repeated insistence. --PTI

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