No fear of mafia in UP now, state being identified with grand festivals: CM Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday asserted that law and order in the state has improved under his government and the state was now being identified by its grand festivals and not for the mafiaKicking off an election campaign for the upcoming urban body elections from Saharanpur he spoke about the achievements of his government and charged that earlier governments were busy instigating riotsToday the states identity is festivals not mafia and disorder he saidAmidst a loud applause from locals the chief minister said Uttar Pradesh is not anyones property and that extortion will not be allowedThere are no riots and curfew in Uttar Pradesh now and all is good he assertedLashing out at the previous governments the chief minister said Before 2017 the governments here did not have time for anything other than creating riots but today there is no curfew in Uttar Pradesh Now the Kanwar Yatra is taken out Earlier fake cases were lodged against the youth but now no one can do thatEarlier daughters were afraid to leave their homes Today however there is a fearfree atmosphere in Uttar Pradesh he saidMaking a fervent appeal to people to support BJP candidates in the upcoming urban body elections Adityanath said This election is for connecting the third engine to the double engine government Once that is done the money that will come from Delhi will be put to good useCautioning the voters against other forces he said We have to decide whether we want a casteist governments which were in place before the 2017 period or a government which is dedicated to the welfare of the poorAlso Read SC to hear on April 28 plea seeking independent probe into killing of Atiq AhmadWe all have to decide whether to have a corruptionridden system or a corruptionfree system We have to decide whether the youths should have guns in their hands or tablets and smartphones We have to decide whether there should be sound of gunfire in the streets or a change in the lives of people he saidWe have to decide whether we want extortion by hooligans or a system that provides selffinancing to the poor There should be a Safe City Bhajan Ganga devotional hymns should be our priority he saidAdityanath said he is starting the election campaign from here to get the blessings of Maa ShakambhariWe gave the benefits of governance and schemes without discrimination without seeing anyones caste religion or face he saidThe chief minister said he has come here more than a dozen times in the last six yearsI have seen with my own eyes the neglect of Saharanpur before 2017 Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saharanpur is shining in front of the country and the world with a new aura of development Soon you will cover the SaharanpurDelhi distance in two to twoandahalf hoursThe chief minister also gave details of the development plans for SaharanpurThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever