Maha Kumbh will help UP economy grow by over Rs 3 lakh crore: Adityanath
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath said the Maha Kumbh will help the state's economy grow by over Rs 3 lakh crore.
Adityanath, speaking in the Question Hour of the budget session of the assembly, said Uttar Pradesh is making strides towards the target of one trillion dollar economy.
"The potential of Uttar Pradesh, which the world is witnessing today, can be linked to the Maha Kumbh Mela. The Maha Kumbh alone is going to help the economy of UP grow by over Rs 3 lakh crore," he said responding to a query by Samajwadi Party MLA Ragini Sonkar.
Taking a dig at the SP MLA, he said, "I can understand your pain, because when your leaders say that India can never become a developed country, you have to follow them."
"Today India has become the fifth largest economy of the world and in 2027 India will become a five trillion dollar economy. There is no doubt about this.
India is moving ahead as the world's fastest growing large economy today and 140 crore Indians should feel proud of this, he said.
"It may be that some people do not like this because those who have their own personal agenda will not accept the country's development properly."
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We received request; will decide soon whether to support TVK: Thirumavalavan
Chennai (PTI): VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan on Thursday said that his party received a request from TVK for support and the high-level committee of his party will decide whether to support the Vijay-led party to form the government.
The TVK won 108 seats in the 234-member Assembly and emerged as the single largest party. Vijay will have to resign from one of the two constituencies he has won.
Though the Congress party, which has five MLAs, has extended support to TVK, the actor-politician-led party was still short of as many seats to touch the magic number of 118, the majority mark in the 234-member House.
"We received the request letter from TVK. We are thankful for that. We have not ignored his (Vijay's) request. We have a procedure. Therefore, our party's high-level committee will decide soon. We are going to discuss the merits and demerits of our position," the VCK leader told reporters here.
With regard to the delay in the governor's call to the TVK, which is the single largest party, to form the government, Thirumavalavan requested the governor to invite Vijay to form the government. "It is a constitutional right and people's verdict," he added.
Asserting that the governor cannot say that Vijay should hold 118 MLAs' support now itself to form the government, he said that after taking over power, Vijay has to prove an absolute majority only on the floor of the Assembly.
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