UP Investors Summit waste of public funds,' says Mayawati

Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati on Friday lashed out at the Uttar Pradesh government for 'wasting' funds in the name of the Investors Summit, saying they 'could have been put to better use' for the welfare of the poor and downtrodden.

''The Investors Summits have become a fashion for the BJP governments to spend people's hard-earned money like water...it could have been put to better use for providing the much-required help to the poor, downtrodden and youth, among others,' the BSP chief said, reacting on the two-day Investor's Summit-2018, which ended yesterday.

Terming the summit as an attempt by the BJP government to divert people's attention from problems like inflation and unemployment, the BSP chief said it seems that governments consider holding summits as the 'biggest service to the people and the means to



resolve all pressing problems'. Asking the government to improve the law and order first as no investor will be investing in the state with such problems, she apprehended that the UP summit might eventually turn out into a 'political showbiz'.

'The law and order cannot improve only through police encounters...the government has not taken concrete steps to check the 'jungle raj' and 'mafia raj' created by its own people, but has wrongfully tried to withdraw criminal cases against its leaders and ministers...this policy of withdrawing cases will further spoil the law and order situation,' she said. Stressing that providing peace and security was the prime responsibility of any government, Mayawati said the 'BJP governments have failed to do so because their intentions and policies are guided by hatred, violence, communalism and casteism'.