Lucknow, Nov. 15 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday asserted that the state had moved from an atmosphere of "upadrav to utsav" (disorder to celebrations) under the BJP government.

Adityanath, who offered Sandhya Arghya to the setting sun at the Chhath ghat at Laxman Mela ground, was addressing a gathering at the venue on the Gomti riverbank. Without naming the Samajwadi Party or any other Opposition outfit, he asked the crowd a series of pointed questions.

"Was such a grand celebration of Chhath Puja possible before 2017?" he asked and the crowd replied: "No."

"Earlier, during Chhath Puja, there was no cleaning at the ghats, no arrangement for lights, no transportation facility," he said.

"Today, look at the ghats. Cleanlines...