Maya's swah hitay, swah sukhay raj in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh is the biggest state of India and has been the centre of Indian political stage for a long long time. After BJP got absolute majority state assembly in 1991, this state has seen many turmoils and been the victim of political instability all these times. There have been many uncompatible combinations among political parties to form the government in Lucknow, irrespective of their ideology, just based on oppertunism. And, this has affected the overall development of the state in every sector whether it is power or industry or any other sector. So, after a long time, when Mayavati's Bahujan Samaj Party got majority in 2007 assembly elections with the slogan "Sarvajan Hitay, Sarvajan Sukhay", the common thinking was that Mayavati will use this oppertunity for the development of the state and welfare of the common people. Now almost 3 years have passed of Mayavati's so called people-centric raj, but for the people, nothing has changed. Some glimpses of last 3 years:-

1. Expenditure of over 2000 crores on building monuments across the state, but state government has no funds for draught relief.

2. No major projects have been started in last three years except for the above said stone project.

3. Power situation has worsened more.

4. Recently 4 students were arrested by the Lucknow police on the baseless charges of tearing a poster of Mayavati and throwing the color on it. They were kept in jail for over a week. Now who will pay for ruining the future of four innocent students. All of them are selected for NDA.

5. Some 15 days back, almost 60 people were killed in a stampede at Kunda, Dist. Pratapgarh. State govt. said that it is facing financial crisis and will not be able to pay compensation to the kin of victims. Central govt. should take care of them.

But, today Mayavati organises a rally in Lucknow, is gifted with a garland of 1000 Rs. notes, termed as a garland of special flowers from Karnatka by her party. Budget of the rally is almost 200 crore.

There can be many more examples. Will somebody ask the state govt. what is the source of the money spent of such unholy displays. It is taxpayer's hard earned money. In the last three years, this has been an octagonarian rule. And, time has come people should come forward to oust this government. Although assembly elections are 2 years away, though they may be many occassions for the people to show their unrest and protest.