India, Jan. 24 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday attacked the opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress, saying that before the BJP came to power in Uttar Pradesh, they had turned the state into a "Bimaru rajya".

Speaking at an event in Lucknow, Shah claimed that UP, which was once considered a source of labour, is now a "growth engine"."Every district of the state will have employment opportunities. Youth will not have to go out of state for job. There was a time UP was considered source of labour. Today it is a growth engine. Congress and SP had turned the state into a Bimaru rajya. Today it is the growth engine of the country," Shah said.

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