Mau/Azamgarh: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday launched his campaign for the urban local body elections in Mau, the home district of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, saying those who have destroyed law and order in the area are now moving around on wheelchairs. Are. Ansari, who was sentenced to 10 years in jail in a 2007 Gangster Act case last week, was seen moving around in a wheelchair once before being brought from Punjab to the jail in Uttar Pradesh.
“This is the same district where Ramlila could not be held, the district where SP and BSP allowed these professional criminals and mafias to create chaos in their rule. Since double engine government came in Uttar Pradesh, these professional criminals can now.” Can be seen on a wheelchair,” Adityanath said.
Later speaking in Azamgarh, he said that the district was once known for its saints, revolutionaries and intellectual and artistic prosperity. “There were lot of expectations from the district after independence. But due to neglect, the district went in the opposite direction. Till 2017, Azamgarh was struggling for its identity. Its people could not even find rooms in hotels and dharamshalas in other cities.” said the Chief Minister.
But “some people” gave the youth country-made pistols instead of pens, he said. “Time has changed. We are helping the youth to move from sword to pen. We are making them skilled by connecting them with technology,” he added. Adityanath also took a jibe at Akhilesh Yadav, saying that five years ago the Samajwadi Party chief had come to Azamgarh for election campaign, but today if he comes by road, he would not be able to recognize the district.
Referring to the drastic drop in maximum temperature over most parts of north India, including Uttar Pradesh, due to change in weather systems, Adityanath said it shows that “even nature is with us”. The chief minister is leading the BJP’s campaign for the ULB elections, addressing several election meetings daily in parts of the state. On Tuesday, he addressed an election meeting in Prayagraj, the home constituency of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed.
On Wednesday, he launched the party’s campaign for the second phase from Magahar, a town in Sant Kabir Nagar district in eastern Uttar Pradesh, saying it was once considered a “gateway to hell” but has been converted into “heaven” by the BJP government. I have worked to develop. “. He also addressed a gathering in Ballia. “Death in Magahar used to mean going to hell, but Saint Kabir changed that notion and it became heaven under the double engine government. The double engine government has set up the Sant Kabir Academy to promote research on its values and ideals, including social equality and harmony,” he said.
He said, ‘People will feel that the Chief Minister himself is coming to campaign in the municipal elections. Yes, I am coming because the money will be sent from Delhi and Lucknow and we want this money to be put to the best use in the interest of the public. People,” Adityanath said in Magahar. “There was money even before 2017, but the poor did not get houses. The money was wasted. It went into the pockets of some for 70 years. Otherwise by now every poor would have had a toilet and a house. Proper drainage system in urban areas Gone,” he alleged.
Speaking about infrastructure development, Adityanath said that the link expressway to Purvanchal Expressway goes to Gorakhpur via Sant Kabir Nagar. According to an official statement, he said, “We did not discriminate when it came to development. We did not look at anyone’s caste or religion to provide them the benefits of government schemes.” The first phase of polling will be held on May 4 and the second phase on May 11. The counting of votes will take place on May 13.