Akhilesh flays govt, calls film city plan ‘SP project’

LUCKNOW : Taking a potshot at the Yogi government over its plans to set up the ‘biggest and most beautiful’ film city of the country in UP, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said the BJP government was all set to take credit for a project envisaged during his party’s rule.

The attack came hours before chief minister Yogi Adityanath was scheduled to meet nearly three dozen film personalities, including actors, director and singers, in Lucknow to discuss the project.

Akhilesh, in a tweet in Hindi, said: “Now the BJP government is ready to cut the ribbon to take credit for the SP regime’s ‘film city’. But now neither acting of any ‘BJP actors’ nor any of their ‘dialogues’ are turning out to be useful.

BJP movie has turned out to be a flop show and would soon be off-screen because those who painted the real picture have been booked in advance (he meant that now people are ready to vote the SP back to power and remove BJP in the state).”

On Friday, chief minister Yogi Adityanath had announced his plans to set up ‘the biggest and the most beautiful film city of the country’ in

Noida.

During a meeting to review development works in Meerut division on Friday night, Yogi had asked officials to find a suitable land in or around Noida for setting up the film city.

The next day (on Saturday), film actor-director Kangana

Ranaut and singer Anup Jalota praised Yogi for the announcement and the proposal. Then on Sunday, film-maker Madhur Bhandarkar called on Yogi at his official residence to discuss the project.