Speak out India: Akhilesh's Rs 80 crore car gift to UP MLAs - NewsX

'Speak out India' is a NewsX Special show which focuses on the main news event of the day. While Uttar Pradesh is reeling under a deficit of over 221 thousand crore rupees, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has doled out largesse for his MLAs. Akhilesh has asked his 'poor' MLAs to purchase vehicles worth up to 20 lakh rupees from their local area development fund. So let's do the math for you- with 403 MLAs- and an amount of rupees 20 lakh each- Akhilesh Yadav will be doling out Rs 80 crores. So we ask today-For a cash-strapped Uttar Pradesh, Is gifting cars to MLAs from Area Development fund justified? India comments and shares its views only at this NewsX special show 'Speak out India'.

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