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Asserting that Uttar Pradesh has undergone a complete transformation under his government, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that there have been no riots since 2017, strict action has been taken against the mafia and the state s in the frontline of implementing welfare schemes, ensuring the ease of doing business and fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Making public his government’s report card months before facing the assembly polls, the chief minister also hit out at the opposition, saying they were busy building their houses when they were in power, indulged in corruption and nepotism, caused suffering to the sugarcane farmers and used to see centres of faith like Ayodhya from a communal point of view.
“In the 2022 Assembly elections, BJP will cross 350 seats (out of 403 seats), and there should be no doubt on this,” the chief minister said at a press conference and stressed that his government has fulfilled every promise mentioned in the Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra in 2017.
“The opposition should read it. Had the opposition attended our training camps, they would have learnt something, and would have got wisdom,” he remarked.
Uttar Pradesh is now number one in implementing 44 central schemes be it the PM Awas Yojna or construction of toilets in the households and its image is no longer liked with riots and lawlessness due to effective and transparent governance, Adityanath said.
“Unlike them (previous governments), we did not make luxurious houses for ourselves. Our government focused on building houses for the poor,” he said, taking a veiled dig at his predecessor Akhilesh Yadav.
“Government bungalows were demolished, and there was a competition to build houses for themselves as well as huge ‘havelis’ (mansions). But the four-and-half years were dedicated to good governance. And we did not build houses for ourselves, but for 42 lakh poor people of the state,” he said.
He said criminals were firmly dealt with irrespective of their caste, religion and social status to provide a safe and secure environment in the state.
“UP remained free from any riots during four-and-half years unlike in the past when there used to be communal clashes every 3-4 days,” the chief minister said.
He also claimed the government displayed sensitivity at every level.
