Lucknow, Mar 30 (UNI) Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said that the country is trapped in an economic crisis under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, and this has increased the concern of businessmen and traders.
Addressing a programme of small businessmen and entrepreneurs organised by Tapasya Foundation Trust in Lucknow, Akhilesh said, "This government has created all kinds of problems for businessmen."
He said that the banking sector has collapsed due to the wrong policies of the BJP government. "Banks had to be merged. Ease of doing business is less effective. Their ease of doing business has become a victim of insult, crime, corruption and commission. The entire business is entangled in GST and TDS. Make in India is not visible. China dominates in manufacturing. The government has given the entire market to others," he claimed.
The SP chief said that the BJP has given opportunities to only a few businessmen. "Problems have been created for the rest. Inflation and unemployment are at their peak in the country. The government is claiming to be the third largest economy. In BJP's third largest economy, 80 crore people are forced to live on government ration. The government should tell what their per capita income is," he said.
He said that the economic policies of the BJP government have completely failed. "There was never so much unemployment in the country before. The youth do not have jobs. Women are not being given opportunities in business and trade. The MSME sector and the agriculture sector should be promoted. There is a delay in the payment of the MSME sector," he said.
Akhilesh said that Samajwadi governments have always taken decisions to simplify and ease business. "Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) abolished octroi while being the Chief Minister. "In the Samajwadi government, we will work to make the business of businessmen and industrialists easier and simpler. Women will get respect and security. They will be allowed to do business," he said.
He said that the figures of the BJP government are false. "Development work is stalled. The government gives false and misleading figures to mislead the public. He said that during the Samajwadi government, we built a world-class Agra-Lucknow Expressway. Mandis were built along the expressway so that farmers could benefit. An airstrip was built on the expressway to land Army fighter planes. The Samajwadi government had landed fighter planes and cargo planes on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway for the first time in the country. The construction of Purvanchal Expressway was started," he claimed.
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