More than Half of UP MLAs are Crorepatis

Akhilesh said many legislators had told him that they had vehicles that were seven to eight years old and were no longer appropriate to travel large distances. He said that it was after the media hype that MLAs refused to buy a car with the area development fund.

But strangely, after blaming the media, Akhilesh said the rollback should be seen as a sign of healthy democracy where due weightage is given to the "positive" suggestions by the opposition parties. BSP's leader of opposition Swami Prasad Maurya welcomed the move but gave credit to the opposition for the rollback and said the opposition pressure forced the government to withdraw its decision to use MLA funds for buying personal cars.

Maurya said "This and his earlier decision to shut malls at 7pm show that the CM is immature," adding some ministers were the real force behind the decision. While BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said there was something wrong with Akhilesh's advisers. However, the Congress was all praise.

Akhilesh Pratap Singh of Congress said, "By taking the decision back, the government has shown it has the courage to rectify a wrong as everyone said it would not send a good message," as reported by TOI.