UP Orders Probe Into Sale Of 21 Sugar Mills During Mayawati’s Term
Suspecting a scam of about Rs 1,100 crore, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to probe the sale of 21 sugar mills in the state during the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party's rule in 2010-11. The state government might consider recommending a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation, an official spokesman said on Saturday.
The decision was taken at a review meeting of the Sugarcane Development Department chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Nobody has the right to misuse public property and those violating it will be brought to justice, the chief minister said.
Adityanath also said that FIRs will be lodged against sugar mills if they failed to pay arrears of sugarcane farmers by April 23. He also directed officials to take all measures to make operational the defunct sugar mills of the cooperative sector in the next crushing season. Adityanath said a committee should be set up to suggest maximum utilisation of resources of sugar mills during the off season.
The spokesman said that nearly Rs 3,000-crore sugarcane costs have been paid to farmers after the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in the state. It was 21 per cent more compared to the previous season.
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