Akhilesh Yadav Slams BJP For Trying To Take Credit For The Work Of ‘Samajwadi Purvanchal Expressway’

Mumbai: Taking a dig at BJP, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that the party is trying to steal the credit for the development work done of the Purvanchal Expressway during the SP (Samajwadi Party) regime.

Taking to Twitter, Akhilesh Yadav mocked the current BJP-led Centre and the state government and said, “The ribbon came from Lucknow and the scissors came from New Delhi. There is a ‘Khichham-Khichai’ to take credit for the work of SP. It is hoped that till now the people of Lucknow sitting alone must have memorized the length of the ‘Samajwadi Purvanchal Expressway.”

“SP workers will shower flowers as a mark of protest against the inauguration by people with prejudiced thinking,” he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Purvanchal Expressway at Karwal Kheri in Sultanpur district today.

The 341 kilometre-long Purvanchal Expressway starts from village Chaudsaral, district Lucknow located on Lucknow-Sultanpur Road (NH-731) and ends at village Hydaria located on National Highway number 31, 18 kilometres east of the Uttar Pradesh-Bihar Border.

Following the inauguration, an airshow by the Indian Air Force will be performed on the 3.2 km long airstrip constructed on the Expressway in Sultanpur district to enable landing and take-off of Indian Air Force fighter planes in case of emergency.

The expressway is 6-lane wide which can be expanded to 8-lane in future. Constructed at an estimated cost of about Rs. 22,500 crores, the purvanchal expressway is set to give a boost to the economic development of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh especially the districts of Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur.

Uttar Pradesh goes to assembly elections next year in February.

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