SP, BSP attack Uttar Pradesh government over power crisis, seek improvement in supply

Key points

• Opposition parties Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party on Friday (May 22, 2026) targeted the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the reported power crisis in the State and demanded immediate measures to improve electricity supply in the public interest.
• Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, in a post on X in Hindi, took a swipe at the government over the power shortage and alleged failure to augment generation capacity.
• "Setting up new power plants was neither within your (BJP's) capability nor within the scope of your narrow thinking.
• At least you could have uttered '3x660 Supercritical Thermal Power Plant';
• even hearing it would have given some relief to people suffering in the scorching heat," Mr. Yadav said.