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Centre's neglect not to mar development: Mulayam

`State Govt. to continue development out of its own resources'

Kanpur: The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, on Monday said development will not be compromised at any cost despite the Centre rejecting a special economic package to the State.

Addressing a function at the Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University (CSMU) here, Mr. Yadav said. ``The Centre has been meting out step-motherly treatment to Uttar Pradesh and despite our repeated requests, it has not sanctioned funds for the development of the State.''

``But the State Government would continue its developmental works out of its own resources,'' he added.

The Chief Minister on the occasion announced a sum of Rs 5 crore for the development of the CSMU and also unveiled a university building, besides laying the foundation of other buildings as part of varsity expansion plan.

Mr Yadav also directed the state government officials to invest the sanctioned funds in total and cautioned that those caught wanting will have to face the music.

Power crisis to be solved by April

On the power crisis, the CM claimed that the state would be free of power crisis from April 2006.

Claiming that the power crisis in Uttar Pradesh would be solved by April next year, Mr. Yadav said the State Government has provided Rs 200 crores for this purpose. There was a need of about Rs 1000 crores for the power sector, the State Government provided Rs 200 crores on Sunday, he said.

Despite Union Government's ``apathy'' in providing special packages, the developmental work would not be hampered in the state, he said, adding the State Government had enough resources for the developmental programmes.

The State Government has increased 25 per cent seats and even sanctioned for running evening classes to cope with the problem of the higher education, he said. Asking the youngsters to take active part in politics, he said in the absence of the educated youth the criminals and uneducated persons were taking advantage.

Taking a dig at the Cricket mania gripping the country, Mulayam appealed the youths to promote traditional games in which the country was lagging behind at world events. ``Cricket was generally played in poor countries, while the rich nations like China and US never bothered to play in this sport,'' he added. -- UNI & PTI

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