UP now 2nd largest economy in country; reined in mafia and organised crime in the state: CM Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday claimed that his government in the past five years had set up ''several milestones'' and the state has become the country's second-largest economy from being at the sixth and seventh position. 

Presenting his government's report card about the work done in the past 5 years, the Chief Minister said that Uttar Pradesh was ''neglected'' after independence. Chief Minister said the development in merely five years contributed to making the state's economy at number 2 spot.

“UP's economy from 1947-to 2017 was at 6th, 7th spot (in the country). No work done in 70 years...But in merely 5 years, we have successfully helped the UP economy reach the 2nd spot, " UP CM Yogi Adityanath said while addressing a press conference shortly before leaving for Gorakhpur where he will file his nomination papers on Friday, 

UP's economy from 1947-2017 was at 6th, 7th spot (in the country). No work done in 70 years...But in merely 5 years, we have successfully helped UP economy reach the 2nd spot: UP CM Yogi Adityanath pic.twitter.com/PEubPo3e9H — ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 3, 2022

The monk-politician stated that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his government had achieved Covid management and this was appreciated worldwide. 

"Our challenge was to save life and livelihood and we managed to do both. We are leading in vaccination too," the UP CM said. CM Yogi said that the state`s economy has gone up to the second position from the earlier sixth or seventh position that it held.

"In the past five years, we increased the per capita income of the people. We provided a conducive atmosphere for investors and industrialists which also led to job creation," he said.

Talking about police reforms, Yogi Adityanath that he addressed the problems of the police force and gave promotions to pending cases. "We also worked towards modernisation of the force and provide modern equipment and better facilities for the police, including better houses for the policemen," he added.

The Chief Minister said that his government set up forensic labs which help in better investigations. He further said that women recruitment in the police had gone up three times.

"All gram panchayats now have women police personnel and we have achieved good results in crime control," he stated. Citing the National Crime Records Bureau statistics, the chief minister said that crime figures had come down appreciably in the past five years.

UP is the first state to deploy women police personnel at all gram panchayats...to initiate joint patrolling. It's also the first state that saw no riots, terror activities in the last 5 years and first state to use new technology to promote e-Prosecution: UP CM Yogi Adityanath pic.twitter.com/d2tw7iTFDv

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 3, 2022

He further said that his government had put an end to the mafia and organised crime and the stern action taken against such elements was now proving to be a major deterrent.

"During the BSP government, 364 riots had taken place and 700 riots during the SP regime but not a single riot took place in my regime," he said. Yogi Adityanath said that the double engine governments at the centre and in UP had turned around the MSME sector which was now heading towards remarkable growth.

The Chief Minister said that the image and perception of Uttar Pradesh had changed drastically in the past five years and with expressways and defence corridors, that was poised for a new tomorrow.