Amroha, July 19 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today targeted the previous governments over lack of initiatives for development, industrial investment and payments to sugarcane farmers.
"Before 2017, development, industrial investment, and sugarcane payments to farmers were not possible. Between 2007 and 2017, the governments shut down 29 sugar mills and sold 21 sugar mills at throwaway prices. Had those governments still been in power, Uttar Pradesh's sugar industry would have been shut down by now. In contrast, the BJP's double-engine government is operating 122 sugar mills. Sugarcane price payments worth Rs 3.23 lakh crore have been made. The sugarcane price has also increased to Rs 400 per quintal. Uttar Pradesh is now...