Lucknow: Setting a record of being the first BJP chief minister to complete three straight years in office in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that his government has succeeded in changing people's perception of the state and led it on the path of development, trust and good governance.
Citing "improvement" in law and order as one of the achievement, he claimed that no riot has taken place in the state and the crime rate has slumped. Mentioning closure of illegal slaughter houses and setting up anti-romeo squads for women security as its achievements, Adityanath observed that his government has turned challenges into opportunities.
He asserted that the state was number one in implementation of central schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission, Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – providing LPG connections to poor families and Saubhagya – a project to provide electricity connection to households. "In the past three years, the BJP government in the state has succeeded in changing the perception of the state. We have taken the state on the path of development, trust and good governance due to guidance and support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Adityanath said at a press conference here.
About the law-and-order situation, he said, "In this biggest state of the country, the government has succeeded in maintaining law and order which was in a very poor state during previous regimes. There is no riot in the state and crime is on the decline." He said that dacoity cases have registered a 60 per cent decline, murder cases have seen 21 per cent dip while there have been reduction in cases of extortion and rape too.
BJP president J P Nadda has said that Uttar Pradesh has seen an "unprecedented" development under the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government as it completed three years on Wednesday.