Shah credits Yogi with law, order turnaround
Lucknow, Oct. 31 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday showered praise on chief minister Yogi Aditanath by giving credit for a turnaround in the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.
"Since Yogi Adityanath became the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, there has been a significant decline in incidents of dacoity, robbery, extortion and riots," he said.
Shah recalled there was a time when Uttar Pradesh had to hold its investment summit in Delhi because of the state's crime situation.
"Today, however, the investment summit is being held in Uttar Pradesh itself under Yogi Adityanath's leadership, with investments worth lakhs of crores of rupees flowing into the state," he noted.
Improved law and order, he added, had attracted investment, which, in turn, has generated employment and helped check migration from the state.
"Today, Uttar Pradesh accounts for nearly 7% of India's electronic components exports, while investments worth Rs 35,000 crore have been made in the state's defence corridor alone," he said.
Shah said that even if the tenures of the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party governments were combined, the work done by the BJP government in the past 10 years was nearly 200% more than the work undertaken during the SP-BSP regimes.
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had left no stone unturned in extending support to Uttar Pradesh, while chief minister Yogi Adityanath has spared no effort in translating the same into action.
"The best implementation of the Modi government's schemes has been in UP," the home min ister said....
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