About Rs 9 crore was spent over snacks during between March 15, 2012 when the Akhilesh Yadav government took oath and March 15, 2016, when it completed four years.
This was informed by the Chief Minister himself in the state assembly, whose monsoon session concluded .Minister of State Arun Kumar Kori was on the top of the list to have spent Rs 22,93,800 during her four years as Social Welfare minister, followed by Urban Development Minister Mohammad Azam Khan who spent Rs 22,86,620.
Minister for Child Development and Nutrition, Primary Education, Kailash Chaurasia finished a close third spending Rs 22,85,900.
Other senior ministers who spent over Rs 21 lakh on refreshments are Ram Karan Arya, Sports and Youth Welfare Minister and Jagdish Sonkar, Land Development and Water Resources Minister.
Former UP minister Shiv Kumar Beria, who was sacked on October 2015 had spent Rs 21,93,900 during his tenure as minister.Minister of State for Women Welfare Sadab Fatima spent Rs 72,500 in her short term of one year.
Dubbing it as “loot of public money”, BJP spokesman Harishchand Srivastav said that while the state government has failed on health, education and welfare programmes, its ministers were spending lavishly to entertain their guests at the cost of the state exchequer.
