Faizabad, April 16: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said his government would free Muslim youth who had been falsely implicated under terror charges. He was in the city to attend party MLA Tej Narain Pandey's wedding reception.
The state government has sought opinion from the law department to withdraw cases against the accused in the November 2007 serial blasts in Faizabad and Lucknow court premises, Akhilesh said. "We are committed to our poll manifesto and those Muslim youth who were arrested under false terror charges would be released soon," the chief minister said.
On reports of newborn babies being sold at government hospitals, Akhilesh said, "If there is any truth in these allegations, we will ask the district administration to help the families."
Akhilesh said complaints of illegal mining in the state were being looked into and added that his government was considering revamping the existing mining policy.
Raising the controversial issue of changing names of districts, Samajwadi Party leader Jai Shankar Pandey requested Akhilesh to change the name of Ambedkarnagar to Lohiyanagar. A part of undivided Faizabad, Ambedkarnagar was carved out of Faizabad in 1996 under the Mayawati government. Being the birthplace of Ram Manohar Lohiya, SP leaders demanded that the district be named after the socialist leader.
Akhilesh reiterated his promise to leave statues in the parks constructed by Mayawati untouched. He said the government would build schools, colleges and hospitals on empty spaces available within the parks.
Akhilesh said Ayodhya and Faizabad would jointly get the status of a municipal corporation.
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