UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s proposed dream Rail Coach Factory in Rae Bareli received a huge setback today, as Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh has cancelled the allotment of land for the factory. Sonia Gandhi and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav were scheduled to inaugurate the land for the Rail Coach Factory on October 14.

The Uttar Pradesh government had earlier given 189.25 hectare of land for the factory in Rae Bareli on May 19, when BSP and Congress were on good terms. The situation has changed now, as the Congress has joined hands with Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party. Mayawati had tried her best to topple the UPA government during the recent trust vote in Lok Sabha. While cancelling the land allotment, the UPA government has attributed it to the resentment among the farmers and law and order problems.