NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of hoarding gold and converting “black money into solid assets,” a process he described as goldification. Yadav alleged that the recent surge in gold prices is not the result of rising demand among ordinary citizens but due to what he called large-scale hoarding by BJP leaders. He argued that under the “goldification” process, corrupt members of the ruling party are turning their illicit funds into precious metals. In a post on X, Yadav wrote: “The reason for the skyrocketing gold prices in BJP rule is not an increase in demand for gold among the common people; rather, the cause is the ‘goldification’ process by which the highly corrupt
'Goldification': Akhilesh Yadav hits out at Centre as gold prices cross Rs 1 lakh; accuses BJP of hoarding black money

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