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, 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 are gradually disappearing, leading to a decline in the value of local raw materials, skills, and talent resulting in fewer jobs and employment opportunities. Its worst effect is that the slogan of self-reliance is being given but by joining hands with big companies of the world, by becoming their selling agents, every sector of the economy is being forced to import goods and services from all over the world," he said.htc...