Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that the state government will bring a law to prevent love jihad and his government will also distribute houses to the poor on land illegally acquired by the mafia and criminals.
The chief minister said his government is already busy demolishing properties of mafia who have acquired them illegally. “We will use that land to build houses for the poor,’’ he said while addressing public meetings in Deoria and Malhani (Jaunpur) assembly constituencies on Saturday where by-elections will be held on November 3 next.
Referring to a recent observation of the Allahabad High Court that said that changing religion is not necessary for marriage, the chief minister said that his government will soon bring an effective law. “Many of our sisters and daughters became victims of ‘love jehad’. They are deceived by people using forged name and identity,’’ he pointed out, making it clear that from now onwards, the government will ensure that this does not happen and those found involved in such practices would be dealt with strictly.
Launching a frontal attack on the Samajwadi Party functionaries, he said that they indulged in forming a new chain of mafia and goons to instigate riots. “…But they (SP) will not succeed in their plans and all those who even think of it will be sent to jail, he added calling upon the people to discard those who support and patronise the mafia in the state.
The CM came down heavily on the SP and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for their corrupt designs during their regimes and said instead of doing something worthwhile for farmers, these people sold off their sugar mills. “How dare they show their face to you and seek votes,’’ he asked.
He said the policies of his government and that at the Centre are clear from the day they came to power. The mantra is development and the ideology is ‘Sabka SaathSabka Vikas’, he said elaborating on how his government succeeded in distribution of free gas connections and electricity to lakhs of households during three and a half years.
The CM asserted that his government devoted itself to the welfare of youth, poor, women and farmers without resorting to appeasement because for the BJP, public service has never been a political agenda. He said his government has given employment to about 30 lakh persons including returnee migrants and provided jobs to about 3.50 lakh youths in the most transparent manner. He said the new investment which is coming to the state will generate more employment for the youths.
During his day-long tour, the chief minister also visited Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and reviewed the development works including the work on Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.
