Centre responsible for price rise,not states: Maya

She said states were as much responsible for this as the Centre.

“When a policy regarding prices of foodgrains or infact any other items is chalked out at the national level,it is not done by the states,” Mayawati said in a reply to a question.

She said that once a policy is in place,the states have to act accordingly and get it implemented.

“For any price rise,government at the Centre is completely responsible,” she said.

Mayawati said the Centre should chalk out a policy to contain price rise.

“Whatever are the economic policies of the Centre,they are not pro-unemployed or pro-poor,they are framed keeping in mind capitalists which leads to price rise,” she alleged.

She said keeping in mind BPL families her government had launched a pro-poor scheme from its limited resources.

“On the basis of its will power and reducing expenditure,the government has launched a financial support scheme covering 31 lakh BPL families in the first phase,” she said.