State Bureau, Lucknow. During the discussion on the supplementary budget in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, Leader of Opposition Mata Prasad Pandey said that if the supplementary budget is not very bad, it is not good either. Raising questions on the budget expenditure, he said that the government should review the budget expenditure from time to time. Objected to making retired DGP the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission, saying that this post should have been given to an educationist.
Leader of Opposition praised the Chief Minister's Discretionary Fund. He said that this scheme is beneficial in the treatment of serious diseases like cancer. People from all sections of the society are getting relief from this scheme.
Raising questions on the government, he said that the government is making arrangements to spend the budget through photos and videos. The villagers are not able to get the money due to the natural disaster. Earlier, budget proposals used to come from districts, now this has been stopped.
If institutions become weak, democracy will be affected, the government should do the work of saving democracy. He also raised questions on the Lokayukta being posted for a long time. He quipped that the opposition should also be given some share for media advertising.
He also said that big criminals were cured but what about small criminals? Corruption is happening at the level of tehsil, block and police stations. He said that the government should resolve the matter of recruitment of 69 thousand teachers. Educated unemployed people are fighting the case in this case. Mentioned the Chitrakoot treasury scam and the scam in the toilet scheme in Noida.
Apna Dal (S) National Vice President and Minister Ashish Patel, Nishad Party President and Minister Sanjay Nishad, SubhaSP President and Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said that the supplementary budget will accelerate the development works. RLD member Rajpal Singh Balyan and BSP member Umashankar Singh also participated in the discussion.