Lucknow sources have made a statement that Yogi Adityanath Chief minister had currently rejected the UP estate department's proposal to add another Mercedes car to his fleet by saying that he was okay with the existing vehicle. The proposal by the department was made in June as the CM's fleet at present has only one SUV.
Meanwhile it was stated that he department had made the proposal anticipating an exigency, sources said, adding that even Akhilesh Yadav as CM had two SUVs in his fleet. According to sources, the second SUV was pulled out from the CM's fleet during the government's transition period and deployed in the fleet of a powerful politician, who was also a former Union minister.
Sources have added that as no official could ask for the vehicle to be
returned, the estate department decided to make a new proposal to purchase an
SUV. Yogi Adityanath said he was okay with one SUV which was used by Akhilesh
Yadav. Usually the CM has two cars of the same model in the fleet for
an exigency.
