Shah rates UP on top in law and order, lauds Yogi govt
Earlier govts ignored Hindu religious centres: Shah
Lucknow/Mirzapur, Aug. 1: Ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday praised the Yogi Adityanath government for taking the state to the top spot in terms of law and order.
Addressing a function after laying the foundation stone of the Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Sciences in Lucknow, Mr Shah said BJP governments work for the development of the poorest people.
For six years till 2019, I travelled a lot in UP. Hence, I know the earlier UP very well. There was an atmosphere of fear in western UP because of which people were leaving the area, women felt unsafe, the land mafia was grabbing the land of the poor people, incidents of firing in broad daylight and riots were rampant, Mr Shah said.
In 2017, the BJP promised that we will make UP a developed state and also revamp its law and order. Today in 2021, I can say with pride that Yogi Adityanath and his team have taken UP to the top spot in terms of law and order, he added.
Mr Shah said that the BJP governments do not work on the basis of caste, families, or for the people who are close to them. The BJP governments work for the development of the poorest person and to revamp law and order.
Later, Mr Shah laid the foundation of the Maa Vindhyavasini Corridor Project and inaugurated a ropeway in Mirzapur.
Addressing a gathering in Mirzapur, he took an apparent swipe at the SP, BSP and the Congress, and said those who governed Uttar Pradesh earlier had not done development of Hindu religious centres due to their vote-bank politics. He said Naxalism has been completely eliminated in Uttar Pradesh, and the property of the mafia is being seized. There has been a reduction in crimes such as loot, dacoity and murder, he said.
Naxalism has been completely eliminated in Uttar Pradesh, and the property of the mafia is being seized. There has been a reduction in crimes such as loot, dacoity and murder.
— Amit Shah, Home minister