LUCKNOW, Oct. 17 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday accused the previous Samajwadi Party governments of having neither policy nor intention to work and of letting the mafia rule every organisation. He also alleged that the Samajwadi Party ruined the education system.

"Previous governments neither had niti (policy) nor niyat (niyat). They lacked the will to do work. The mafia had control over every organisation," the chief minister said while addressing a meeting of teachers and graduates at Vrindavan, Rai Bareli Road, ahead of the legislative council polls, voting for which is scheduled for October 23.

"They (previous governments) appointed ineligible people as chairmen of recruitment commissions. Someone who did not meet the...