Meerut, July 18 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday launched a blistering attack on the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress while inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for development projects worth Rs.1,003 crore in Bijnor district. Addressing a public gathering at Vardhman Degree College, he contrasted his government's record on infrastructure, law and order, welfare schemes and employment with that of previous governments, and accused the Opposition of neglecting the district, encouraging corruption and failing to control crime. The projects launched by the chief minister include development works in the Bijnor and Chandpur assembly constituencies. He also distributed approval letters to beneficiaries of various welfare schemes. Opening his address, he said that before 2017, no chief minister wanted to visit Bijnor because they regarded it as "inauspicious" whereas today it stands as a symbol of progress. "Before 2017, no chief minister came to Bijnor. They considered Bijnor inauspicious. I say they themselves were inauspicious, and that is why Bijnor did not like them. Who would not want to come to the land of Vidur? This has been the centre of Lord Krishna's divine pastimes. Who would not want to visit such a place?" he said. Without naming Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, the CM mocked the functioning of the previous SP government. "Before 2017, there was a babua who used to wake up at 12 noon, spend time eating until 2 pm, then go to the gym and later sit with his circle. Where did he have time for the people?" Yogi said. Highlighting his government's infrastructure push, he announced that the Ganga Expressway would be extended beyond Bijnor to Haridwar. "We were constructing highways earlier as well. Now the Ganga Expressway will pass through Bijnor and connect to Haridwar," he said. He also announced that the foundation stone for a nursing college had been laid in Bijnor....