Lucknow, July 4 -- With the Uttar Pradesh cabinet approving the handover of the Jayaprakash Narayan International Convention (JPNIC) Centre to the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has reiterated his allegation that the government wants to sell the project to private players.

A dream project of Yadav, JPNIC was conceived in 2012 under his chief ministership to honour socialist icon Jayaprakash Narayan. The multi-crore project, featuring a museum, auditoriums, and recreational facilities, was partially inaugurated in 2016.

After the BJP assumed power in 2017, the ongoing work at the project was stalled and a probe ordered into alleged financial irregularities in the construction work.

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