Intensifying his attack on opposition parties during the election campaign in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that Nitish Kumar had brought the state back to glory from the dirty politics of nepotism, giving development a new meaning.
“The change is visible in Bihar. Instead of caste and religion, development has become the fulcrum of change. In 2019, the people of Bihar voted for development by voting in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and this time too the people will vote for the development of the poor and the farmer,” the UP CM said while addressing three election meetings in Goriakothi (Siwan), East Champaran and West Champaran in Bihar.
He said during the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) regime, the poor, the farmers and the youths were never on their political agenda. “For them, only their family matters… what can you expect from people who did not even spare the fodder meant for cattle,” Yogi Adityanath said, adding that it was because of them that the youths of Bihar were deprived of their identity.
He said the opposition parties could not be trusted and should never be given a chance to return to power.
Reminding the people of the commendable work done by the NDA government in Bihar, Yogi Adityanath pointed out that the NDA government, under the chief ministership of Nitish Kumar, was able to establish the rule of law and ensured all-round development as per the resolve of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’.
Taking a jibe at the Congress, the UP CM pointed out that terrorist attacks were frequent during the UPA regime but now our brave soldiers do not even hesitate to cross the borders and kill the terrorist in their hidings.
“August 5, 2019 was a historic day when Article 370 was abolished and many political entities are still feeling the pain. It was the last nail in the coffin of terrorism and now our jawans have a free hand”, he said and added, “Now anyone can go to Kashmir, buy land and make a house.”
Emphasising on the action against mafia and goons in UP, Yogi said that while many of them were behind bars, others would follow soon.
“Bulldozers are busy demolishing their ill-gotten properties and so far, we have confiscated properties worth over ` 2,000 crores,” he said.
Referring to the rich heritage shared by the people of UP and Bihar, the UP CM said “people of Bihar and Jharkhand are like our brothers and sisters”.
“Bihar is even the maternal place of Sita Maata... let the coronavirus crisis get over, we will ensure that a representative of each and every village of Bihar gets an opportunity to get the blessings of Lord Ram in Ayodhya,” he said.
“It was during the early coronavirus pandemic times that we ensured that our brothers coming from various states like Bihar, Delhi, Maharashtra, and Punjab had no problems in reaching back to their homes safely. We ensured food, water and shelter at every point and deployed state transport buses for them,” he said.
The UP chief minister is scheduled to address a series of election meetings in Bihar as a much sought after campaigner for the NDA.
