Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday slammed both the central and Uttar Pradesh governments over “lack of employment” as she raised concern over the “growing divide between the rich and the poor” in the country.

The former chief minister took to social media to demand a “proper solution” for the “huge unemployment”.

“There is not only an acute lack of employment in the country but also a growing divide between the rich and the poor, which means the abnormal distribution of wealth has worsened the disease of economic inequality. This situation is affecting both the public and the country’s interests, which is a matter of great concern,” Mayawati said on X in Hindi.

“Why aren’t there enough jobs in proportion to the claims of development in the country? Who is responsible for this,” she added.

“In the same manner, the Uttar Pradesh government’s claims, through massive advertisements, that there is a boom in employment are, in reality, just as disconnected from the ground reality as their other claims,” the BSP supremo said.