Updated on Thursday, July 02, 2009, 22:07 IST

Lucknow, July 02: Terming the economic survey report tabled in Parliament by the UPA government as "false" and "based on fake data", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday appealed to the Centre not to implement its suggestions in the budget.

"The Economic survey report is based on false data. The Centre should not incorporate its suggestions in its budget so that poor people could be benefited," Mayawati told reporters here.

"Such a (economic survey) report can be prepared by those who had taken education from Harvard University as they did not know ground realities," Mayawati said.

She said, in February the centre had claimed that economic growth rate was 7 per cent, whereas in the survey it had been projected at 6.01 per cent.

Mayawati alleged that majority of the suggestions incorporated in the survey were made while keeping in mind industries, multi-national companies and capitalists and that issues of the common and poor people were discarded.

"By suggesting disinvestment of nationalised banks, the Centre has hinted towards their privatisation. Such measures would pose A serious threat to country's economy," she claimed.

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled the report in Parliament today.

Bureau Report