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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
‘Vision Document' a ‘lollypop' to people for next 22 years: Shivpal
1 2 Lucknow: SP MLA Shivpal Yadav termed the state govt's proposed 'Vision Document for 2047' as nothing more than a 'lollypop' to the people for the next 22 years. Speaking on the floor of the House, Yadav said the state govt was itself saying it would take at least 22 years to make the state developed. "The discussion should have been held on how the current BJP dispensation failed to deliver on its promises made to the people since 2017," he said. Shivpal said people were craving for basic amenities, including electricity and water, and farmers faced problems selling their produce and making a decent living. "The govt was not able to provide a quality road network. The promise of making the state roads free of potholes has fallen flat on its face. One can see the quality of roads within a 5 km radius of the Vidhan Bhawan," he said. Earlier, Leader of Opposition in Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey said the opposition intended to expose the "false and tall claims of the state govt". To this, parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Khanna said the opposition only intended to spread anarchy. Pandey responded by questioning the state govt as to who was spreading anarchy through false encounters and attacking mausoleums and madrassas. Congress MLA Aradhana Mishra said a host of districts were facing a spate of floods, but the state govt "did not have a roadmap". Likewise, she said, the state was facing the worst-ever job crisis in the last 45 years, but the state govt had no roadmap. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Monsoon session of UP assembly: Opposition criticises vision document move
The Opposition criticised the 24-hour discussion that began in the state assembly on Wednesday on creating a vision document for a developed Uttar Pradesh by 2047 and demanded that the ruling party first account for its 2022 poll promises. Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav, along with the party MLAs, showing placards while protesting against the state government during the third day of the Monsoon session at UP assembly in Lucknow on Wednesday. (Deepak Gupta/HT Photo) Senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav accused the state government of selling dreams for the future while failing to address the problems of today. 'Have all the promises made by the BJP in the 2022 assembly polls been fulfilled? If not, then how can we expect (vision of 2047) to be fulfilled,' he said. In the assembly, leader of Opposition and Samajwadi Party veteran Mata Prasad Pandey said the 24 hours given for the discussion on the Vision Document 2047 is less. 'Vision documents were presented in the past as well. There should be a discussion on that as well,' he stated. Calling Vision 2047 a 'fictional' exercise Shivpal Yadav alleged while the BJP had promised to double farmers' income by 2022, farmers in 2025 were being forced to sell their produce at half the price. Yadav, the Jaswantnagar MLA, mocked the BJP's promise of employment in 2047. 'One has to search for the road in the potholes. You can see the condition of the roads within five km of the Vidhan Sabha. Dust is flying on the main roads after rain. If they cannot fix this, then what is the hope for 2047,' Shivpal Yadav said. Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra termed it as a mere show-off event. Speaking in the assembly, Mishra said the foundation of the vision of development of this country was laid by the country's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Aradhana Mishra said, 'The government remembered a vision of development after 10 years. The basic needs of the state are health, education, roads and employment as well as agriculture, if the figures are looked at, then the government does not have an answer to it.' 'The budget allocated to agriculture in Uttar Pradesh is only 3.2% while in other states, it is more than 6%. On one hand, the government claims that it will double the income of farmers, but when the budget is half, how will it double the income?' she asked. 'Despite being such a big state with a population of 25 crores, only 6% of the budget is allocated to the health department,' she said. She said the state has the highest unemployment in 45 years. 'Look at the figures of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), the unemployment rate in the state is 9.8%,' she added.
The Hindu
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Vision 2047 document: Shivpal, Akhilesh Yadav accuse Uttar Pradesh Government of ignoring present-day issues
Senior Samajwadi Party leaders Shivpal Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday (August 13, 2025) launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh over its "Vision 2047" document, accusing it of selling dreams for the future while failing to address the problems of today. In a post on X, Akhilesh Yadav shared an image carrying the words "REASON DOCUMENT", with a message in Hindi that the State BJP government should not release a "vision document" but rather a "reason document" explaining why it had failed to fulfil even a single promise made earlier. Shivpal Yadav called the Vision 2047 a "fictional" exercise and accused the government of being a "trader of tomorrow's dreams" without solutions for current problems. The State Assembly is holding a special overnight sitting to discuss the document during the ongoing Monsoon session. He alleged that while the BJP had promised to double farmers' income by 2022, farmers in 2025 were being forced to sell their produce at half the price, yet the party was showing them dreams of prosperity in 2047. He termed this "not a Kisan Credit Card, but a Kisan Credit Bluff." The Jaswantnagar MLA mocked the BJP's promise of employment in 2047, saying that according to the ruling party's timeline, today's unemployed would be joining jobs as elderly people 22 years from now. On health infrastructure, he pointed out that in 2025 there were no stretchers in government facilities and patients were being given saline drips hung from trees, questioning the promise of digital hospitals by 2047. On crime, Mr. Yadav said the BJP claimed it would end criminal activities by 2047, but in 2025 criminals were receiving "guard-of-honour" treatment. "The BJP's Amrit Kaal is actually Apradh Kaal (era of crime)," he charged. He further slammed the promise of smart classrooms by 2047, saying that in 2025 children were still studying on broken benches, calling it not a smart classroom but a "start-stop-start classroom." Shivpal Yadav accused the BJP of redefining development as putting its own nameplate on works done by the Samajwadi Party and clicking photographs. He also targeted the claim of eliminating poverty by 2047, calling it a "long-term plan to keep the poor hungry." Calling the Vision 2047 a political instalment scheme where a new dream was sold before every election and old promises forgotten each year, Shivpal Yadav said, "Don't sell dreams of 2047, give an account of the reality of 2025. The people now say — we want justice today, not slogans for the future." Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had on Monday (August 11, 2025) said the four-day Monsoon session will include a 24-hour discussion on "Vision 2047 - Viksit U.P.", an action plan for the next 25 years prepared with expert inputs, aiming for a developed, self-reliant State by 2047 alongside India's national goals.
