"Before 2014, Atmosphere In Country Was Like A Dark Age": Yogi Adityanath

The Uttar Pradesh chief minister said people are now living in a new India, where security is guaranteed, culture is promoted and the economy is prospering.

The atmosphere in the country before 2014 was like a "dark age" with distrust, scams and anarchy all around, while today it is a "new India" where security is guaranteed, culture is promoted and the economy is prospering, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday.

Addressing a public meeting at Chandauli, where he inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 78 development projects worth Rs 743 crore, he expressed confidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return for a third term and India will become the world's third-largest power, according to an official release.

"There is no doubt about it," he said.