CM Yogi Adityanath orders probe into sugar mill sale

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ UP CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered an inquiry into the Mayawati-led BSP government’s decision to sell 21 state sugar mills for a song in 2010-2011. Adityanath said nobody had any right to sell government properties at unreasonable prices. The state government would not allow anybody to misuse government property under any circumstances, he said.

The Mayawati government had decided to sell 21 sugar mills on June 4, 2007. The running mills put on sale included Amroha, Bijnor, Bulandshahar, Chandpur, Jarval Road, Khadda, Rohana Kalan, Sakauti Tanda, Saharanpur and Siswa Bazar.

“A thorough inquiry should be conducted into the Rs 1,100-crore scam. If necessary, the state government would also recommend a CBI inquiry into the issue,” the chief minister said when presentations about sugarcane development department were made before him at his Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan office late on Friday evening.