Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav says, he had initiated action in the foodgrains scam when he was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He told reporters in New Delhi that the scam was unearthed on the basis of a complaint by SP MLA Yogesh Pratap Singh. A division bench of the Allahabad HC has directed the CBI to start the inquiry into the swindle in which foodgrains for BPL card holders were diverted.The scam, which reportedly started in 2004 during SP rule, left those covered under the Antyodaya Scheme, Jawahar Rozgar Yojana and Mid-Day Meal Scheme go hungry.