Lucknow, May 29 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre for pursuing an allegedly contradictory economic policy, which talks about self-reliance on one hand, but allows deals to import finished goods from foreigners.

This is the real reason why the rich are becoming richer while poor are getting poorer in the country, Akhilesh Yadav claimed.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said, "The real reason for unbalanced development and the unequal distribution of income in the country is that manufacturing and production are continuously decreasing in the country. Big business houses are focusing on trading only. Industrial houses ar...