Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that the ruling BJP government was committed to take back 21 sugar mills that he said was sold during the Mayawati regime.
"We have decided to take back the mills sold during the Mayawati regime and take action against the persons responsible for the sell-off" Adityanath said.
"An amount of Rs 57,800 crore, being the arrear of sugarcane growers from 2011-2018, was paid by my government," he said in Mathura.
Adityanath claimed that such clearance of dues was not done during five-year tenure of Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati.
The chief minister said injustice to the farmers would not be tolerated. He attributed the condition of farmers to the "anti-farmer" policies of the Mayawati government
Hitting out at the Congress, Adityanath claimed: "While the Congress protects and offers biryani to terrorists, the Modi government feeds them bullets."