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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) urged the Uttar Pradesh authorities to supply extended enactment to families affected by the caller storms and unseasonal dense rainfall that person resulted successful astatine slightest 111 deaths crossed the State.
“The State Government should travel guardant with each its generosity to assistance the people/families affected by the monolithic demolition of beingness and spot caused by the caller terrible tempest successful galore parts of Uttar Pradesh truthful that they tin stitchery their ruined/scattered household beingness and commencement their beingness again,” Ms. Mayawati said connected societal media level X.
The BSP president besides criticised the Centre for expanding petrol and diesel prices by 3 rupees per litre, emphasising its detrimental effect connected mediocre and middle-class families. “Along with this, by continuing the continuous summation successful the prices of indispensable commodities, particularly petroleum products etc., the summation of ₹3 per litre successful the prices of petrol and diesel, by the Central Government volition severely impact the lives of crores of mediocre and hardworking families, farmers arsenic good arsenic the mediate class. The ostentation volition person a nonstop interaction connected the attraction of the families of each these people. That is wherefore the authorities should instrumentality indispensable and meaningful steps to trim inflation. This benignant of regular summation makes beingness difficult,” she said.
At slightest 111 radical were killed aft a almighty tempest accompanied by dense rainfall pounded respective districts of Uttar Pradesh, uprooting trees and electrical poles and damaging houses connected May 13, according to the State Relief Commissioner’s office. Multiple videos of thunderstorms went viral connected societal media and showed dense destruction.
