Mulayam promises law to punish 'those behind starvation deaths'

  • 09/11/2006

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)

As if starvation deaths are not natural but solely the cause of erring authorities, and not that of the Statre, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav promised to enact a law to deal with those responsible for starvation deaths in the state. "This law would also have the provision for dismissal of anyone, right from a district magistrate to the lekhpal, if they are found responsible for any starvation death," Yadav said in the State Capital on Thursday, at a function to distribute unemployment allowance and cheques under Kanya Vidhya Dhan scheme. Denying reports of number of starvation deaths in the State, especially in Bundel-khand, Yadav termed it as a "malicious" campaign.