Lucknow,

17 April (HS): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath targeted the opposition and said

that their silence on the incidents of Murshidabad and Bangladesh has exposed

them at the crossroads. The Chief Minister accused the previous governments of

promoting corruption, casteism and mafiaism in the state. He said that those

who built hotels in London by committing scams in schemes are the same people

responsible for looting the state and dividing it on caste lines.

Referring

to the Murshidabad incident in a program organized by a media group here on

Thursday, Chief Minister Yogi took a dig at the opposition’s silence. The Chief

Minister said that these people, who built their empire through corruption,

casteism, mafiaism and nepotism, are now silent on matters like Murshidabad.

Their silence on the incidents in Bangladesh has exposed them at the

crossroads.

The

condition of Murshidabad today was once the condition of cities of UP: Chief

Minister Yogi said that his government has made UP riot and mafia free.

Earlier, mafia used to control the entire system in every district, used to

take contracts, cause riots and harass women and businessmen. People used to be

suspicious on festivals. Now festivals are celebrated peacefully and with

grandeur in UP. He said that the condition of Murshidabad today was the same as

that of cities like Muzaffarnagar, Bareilly, Aligarh and Lucknow in UP. The

Chief Minister described the eradication of a deadly disease like encephalitis

in eastern UP as a major achievement of his government. He said that 50,000 children

died due to this disease in 40 years. Most of these children belonged to the

minority community, but no leader shed tears. He said that the opposition never

paid attention to encephalitis disease, because children are not vote bank. The

Chief Minister said that earlier there used to be one mafia in one district,

today there is one medical college in one district and the health services of

the state have improved.

Hotels

built in London by looting money from schemes: Giving the example of Purvanchal

Expressway, Chief Minister Yogi said that its foundation stone was laid in 2016

without any preparation. At that time, this project worth Rs 15,200 crore was

full of irregularities. The Chief Minister said that his government cancelled

it and redesigned the project and completed the entire project in just Rs

11,800 crore, which stopped the loot of public money. Yogi said that this is

the same money which is looted to build their hotels in England.

Those

who curse Shivaji and Maharana Pratap sing the praises of Aurangzeb and Jinnah

The

Chief Minister accused the opposition of insulting great men like Shivaji,

Maharana Pratap and Rana Sanga and glorifying national destroyers like

Aurangzeb, Babar and Jinnah. He said that the opposition people do propaganda

for vote bank and spread hatred in the society. It is very important for us to

respect national heroes for a prosperous UP, developed and self-reliant India.

One of the resolutions of the Prime Minister’s Panchpran is also that we have

to respect national heroes.

UP’s

infrastructure is the best in the country: Chief Minister Yogi described UP’s

infrastructure as the best in the country, which includes highways,

expressways, railways, and metro. He said that before the year 2017, UP’s GSDP

was 12.75 lakh crores, which is now reaching 30 lakh crores. Per capita income

has also increased from Rs 46,000 to more than Rs 1.10 lakh; soon it will reach

Rs 1.25 lakh. Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh, Advisor Avnish Awasthi and senior

officials and journalists of the media group were present in the program.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi