LUCKNOW, April 14 -- : Amid factory workers' protests in Noida, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday assured the protesters that the government stands with them and urged them to recall how it took care of them during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also asked them to "be wary of those who incite unrest, do not let them succeed". Speaking at an event in Muzaffarnagar, he said certain individuals are conspiring to create unrest. "I appeal to all the personnel employed in industrial units, as well as to the workers working with them, to recall how this 'double-engine' government stood by your side, something which you witnessed firsthand during the COVID-19 period," the chief minister said. "Undeterred by the risks, the government made its vehicles available for transportation of working personnel," he said, adding that arrangements were also made to accommodate them in quarantine centres. The chief minister claimed that this is the same state where, before 2017, new industries were never established. Instead, the existing ones invariably faced lockouts. "Daughters were not safe. Businessmen were not safe. Be it Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Meerut, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, or Moradabad," he said. "An identity crisis loomed over us all. Today, however, that crisis of identity no longer exists," he said. "And for this very reason, I would like to urge you to be wary of those who seek to spread industrial unrest. I also appeal to all entrepreneurs (and industrialists) in this regard that they should engage in direct dialogue with their workers and personnel," the chief minister said. "The government stands firmly with the workers and will provide security to the entrepreneur while simultaneously offering protection to every single worker," he said. Apparently referring to the Uttar Pradesh Outsourcing Service Corporation, he said that a corporation was constituted last year, whose recommendations are set to be implemented this month. Under this framework, there will be a guarantee of a minimum honorarium. The specific amount guaranteed by the government will be deposited directly into their bank accounts; no intermediary will be able to usurp what is rightfully theirs, Adityanath said. "We do not intend to limit the implementation of this initiative solely to government buildings and departments. As a subsequent step, we aim to extend this framework to every industrial establishment as well, to provide social security to every single worker," Adityanath said. "Whether times are favourable or adverse, one must never lose patience under any circumstance, especially during difficult times," he said. (With agency inputs)...