Claiming that his government has removed 'jungle raj' from Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said there has not been a single incident of riot in the state during the last six months that he has been in power.
“After March 2017, there has not been a single incident of riot. Prior to that, we had seen cases of riots taking place in the state ... Earlier on an average, two riots took place on a weekly basis,” he told a press conference where he released a 58-page report card on completion of six months in office.
The BJP had stormed to power in Uttar Pradesh in the Assembly elections with a massive majority following which Adityanath took over on 19 March.
In the 403-member Assembly, BJP and its allies have 325 seats.
Noting that his government has started a system to provide tube-wells and solar pumps to farmers, Adityanath claimed it was the first time a record wheat procurement of 37 lakh metric tonnes was made directly from the growers without any role of middleman and the payment was made in their bank accounts.
He criticised his predecessor Akhilesh Yadav for questioning the loan waiver scheme of his government.
Asked to comment on Yadav posting on his Twitter account a certificate of a farmer whose loan of one paisa has been waived, he said, “I think Akhlieshji must not even be knowing the definition of farmers because of the ancestry that he belongs to.”
“Rather than tweeting, he should look at the process of loan waiver of 11 lakh farmers which has been started.” He said there were 11 lakh farmers whose loans were meant to be waived. "Of them, only 4,000 farmers have loans less than Rs10,000... He (Akhilesh) should look at the 10.96 lakh farmers," he said, adding that those who cleared the dues would be honoured.
Alleging that casteism and family politics have harmed the social fabric of the state, Adityanath said irregularities had prevailed in recruitment and almost 1.50 lakh police posts were lying vacant as the Supreme Court had put a stay on it.
“Now we have created an atmosphere and the process to make 47,000 recruitments has been started. In the coming three years, we will be successful in filling 1.50 lakh vacant posts,” he said.
He said most of the cases of violence in villages took place because of fraud in revenue records and if permission was granted, ‘khasra-khatauni’ (land) records will be linked with Aadhaar cards.
Adityanath also said his government has been successful in preventing spread of encephalitis in the state and added that the number of deaths had dropped considerably compared to previous years.
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