Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of large-scale irregularities and alleged scams in various road-widening and corridor development projects undertaken during the tenure of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Demanding a comprehensive judicial investigation, the former Chief Minister said that those responsible for the alleged irregularities should be held accountable, irrespective of their position.
“A multi-member judicial inquiry should be conducted into the scams and irregularities in every corridor and road-widening project initiated by the BJP government. No trustee, committee member, or official from the administration or development authorities involved in these matters should be spared,” Yadav said in a post on X.
The Samajwadi Party chief alleged that such “massive scams” could occur only through the collusion of multiple stakeholders involved in the execution and oversight of these projects.
He further called for an investigation into the assets and wealth accumulated by individuals associated with the projects over the past several years.
“There should be an investigation into the illegally acquired property and immense wealth of all those associated with these activities over the past few years,” he said.
Yadav, however, did not cite any specific project or furnish evidence in support of his allegations in his statement.
There was no immediate response from the Uttar Pradesh government or the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the allegations.
The remarks come amid ongoing political exchanges between the opposition and the state government over infrastructure development, transparency in public spending, and accountability in major projects across Uttar Pradesh.
