New Delhi: The riot victims of Shamli and Muzaffarnagar met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday. The victims demanded that almost 40 people still missing may well have died and hence compensation be given of Rs 12 lakh to their family members.
Akhilesh and Mulayam have promised to look into the matter and act soon. The two have come under criticism for ignoring the riot victims and spending crores on the Saifai Mahotsav and 'study tour' of the UP MLAs.
Akhilesh Yadav targeted media by saying, "Media houses are part of the conspiracy against the Samajwadi Party and the party did not do any partiality in providing relief to the riot victims." "People want to play politics in the name of muzaffarnagar, media was biased in reporting Safai incident. Whatever money Salman Khan got he gave it for welfare of the poor children and only one crore was spent in Safai Mahotsav," he added.
The Akhilesh government faced severe criticism after Bollywood stars Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit performed during the concluding ceremony of the 15-day long event in Saifai. Actors Soha Ali Khan and Ranveer Singh had also attended the event at Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's native village.
Akhilesh Yadav had also defended his government's Saifai Mahotsav saying the budget for the festival was around Rs six to seven crores but never Rs 300 crores as alleged by a section of the media.
Specially critical of a section of the media for running stories against the Mahotsav, the Chief Minister had claimed that the daily, which carried that the budget of the festival was Rs 300 crore, had called for an apology.
"It's being said purposely that the budget for Saifai Mahotsav was Rs 300 crores. Those who are making such a claim should apologise or else give the details of the expenditure made for the festival," Akhilesh had earlier said at a press conference in Lucknow.
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