Meerut, July 19 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the previous Samajwadi Party and Congress governments, alleging they had weakened the state's sugar industry and stalled development. He asserted that the BJP's "double-engine government" had transformed Uttar Pradesh into the country's leading producer of sugar, sugarcane and ethanol.

He was addressing a public gathering at Venkateshwara University in Gajraula (Amroha) after inaugurating and laying the foundation stones for 43 development projects worth more than Rs.207 crore for the Amroha and Dhanaura Assembly constituencies. The chief minister said that had the previous governments remained in power, Uttar Pradesh's sugar industry would have coll...