Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that his priority since assuming power was to get rid of jungle raj. He took potshots at the previous Samajwadi Party government in the state. His remarks came a day after his government was criticized for the white paper released to show his government’s achievements.
“After March 2017, there hasn’t been a single incident of riot. Prior to that, we had seen cases of riots taking place in the state… It was the priority to rid UP of jungle raj. Happy that hard work by ministers has instilled a sense of confidence in people,” he said.
He also stressed that a lot was being done for the welfare of farmers. “We started the system to provide them tube wells and solar pumps… Our revenue dept brought in a good initiative. If permitted to link khatian to Aadhaar there won’t be a false registry or any fraud,” he said.
An move get the land back from land mafias will soon be launched, he noted. “We are launching systematic drive which will help govt retrieve 1000 hectares of land which have been in grips of land mafia since years,” he said.
SP on Monday lashed out at the BJP government over the white paper released by Adityanath. It called it an attempt to “hide failures and shirk from responsibility”.
