Maya has kept Rs 6,500 crore for fighting LS poll: Sri Mulayam Singh Yadav

Lucknow, Sep 23 (PTI) Charging BSP supremo Mayawati with amassing huge wealth through unfair means, the Samajwadi Party today alleged she had kept nearly Rs 6,500 crore for her party for contesting the coming Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh.Ever since her name was floated by Left parties for Prime Ministerial candidate, Mayawati's main focus was on amassing wealth for the Parliamentary poll, SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav told reporters here.The UP Chief Minister "has no concern for welfare of farmers and traders and for development of the state ever since Left parties threw her name up for the post of Prime Minister," he said.With an eye on the election, her only aim was to amass wealth through unfair means, the SP chief said.He alleged Mayawati had kept aside nearly Rs 6,500 crore for contesting the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh alone.Yadav claimed he had specific information that Rs three crore changed hands for scrapping the high-powered committee set up to grant no objection certificates in the higher education department."Decisions such as hiking VAT rates are aimed at increasing the revenue," he said and asked "but, where is the money going and how it is being spent?" The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister alleged the money was being squandered on setting up parks and memorials in the state.Alleging nothing was being done to provide relief to flood victims, farmers and students, Yadav said a meeting of party district unit chiefs would be held on October five to chalk out SP's strategy in this regard.Terming the Ganga Expressway project as unnecessary, he said he was told the government plans to keep the acquired land even if the project falls through as "huge sums have been paid as commission".Yadav said this would not be allowed at any cost.