Yogi Adityanath, the monk, with charges ranging from inciting mobs, hate speech and violence, who became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2017, held a marathon 90-minute press conference to pat his own back.
He completed two years in office on Tuesday, March 19. And if ‘Chowkidar’ Yogi Adityanath is to be believed, these two years have changed the face of Uttar Pradesh.
Yogi Adityanath, who is also the Mahant of Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur, addressed the media for over 90 minutes spelling out the achievements of his government.
“No riot has taken place in UP in the last two years,” said the beaming CM while pointing out that around 1000 riots had rocked the state between 2012 and 2014 when Akhilesh Yadav was Chief Minister of the state.
He spoke of farmers’ welfare and industrialisation, organisation of the Kumbh Mela and Investors’ meets. The monologue in Lucknow left nobody in any doubt that Ram Rajya has returned to UP.
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He said there were a total of 195 incidents of communal violence in Uttar Pradesh in 2017, in which 44 people died and 542 people were injured. In comparison, 22 people died in incidents of communal violence in 2015.
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