U.P. now considered a model for country, world: Yogi

CM lists achievements of his govt., releases booklet ahead of polls

On completing four-and-a-half years in power, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on September 19 said that his tenure would be remembered as a “memorable” one in the history of the State from the point of security and good governance, and that it was looked upon as a “model” by the rest of the country and the world.

Making public his government’s ‘report card’ at a press conference here ahead of next year’s Assembly polls, the Chief Minister hit out at the opposition. Targeting previous governments, especially the Samajwadi Party rule from 2012-2017, Mr. Adityanath said earlier “professional criminals and mafia used to create an atmosphere of fear and terror and spread lawlessless” under the patronage of power.

U.P. had the reputation of being ‘danga pradesh (riot province)’, he said, claiming that under Akhilesh Yadav there was a big riot in the State every three or four days. In contrast, he claimed, there had been zero riots in U.P. since 2017.