LUCKNOW, Feb. 11 -- Terming it the "farewell budget" for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said higher allocation numbers are meaningless when actual expenditures in key state government departments hover around 50-60%.

Addressing a press conference at the SP headquarters in Lucknow, the Kannauj MP said, "This is a farewell budget of this government and it will ensure the BJP leaves the state. The government claims the budget exceeds Rs.9 lakh crore, but if you compare the expenditure of key departments, it is only around 50-60%. It is a governance failure that previously allocated funds have not been fully utilised."

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