Azamgarh (UP), Apr 6 (PTI) Launching a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party for “confining development to Saifai” (bastion of the Samajwadi Party), Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia and Jaunpur were never a part of their (Samajwadi Party) agenda.
“Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the only party in the world, which says ‘Nation First, Party next and the person after it’. What happens in other parties?” Adityanath said.
“The Samajwadi Party will do development of Saifai only, but they will not see Azamgarh, which has always made them win elections. This is because, for them, development is confined to them,” he said.
He alleged that Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia and Jaunpur were never a part of their (SP) agenda.
“Had it been (a part of their agenda), they would have got the Purvanchal Expressway constructed. They could have also made a university in the name of Maharaja Suheldev, but they did not. Development was not a part of their agenda. But, the BJP’s agenda is Nation First,” he added.
Speaking at the inauguration of the newly constructed milk chilling centre here, the chief minister said that whatever the founders of Bharatiya Jana Sangh and BJP had thought, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled them.
Referring to the alleged identity crisis, which people of Azamgarh had to face earlier, Adityanath also said that development is taking place, but the biggest thing is that the district’s identity is being recognised.
He said that earlier, when someone would say that they were from Azamgarh, it would be difficult to get a room in hotels and dharamshalas, but today people extend a welcome to anyone from the district.
“This is because the double-engine government of the BJP also works to give honour. When development takes place without any discrimination, then we get to see the benefits in that form itself,” the chief minister added.
Adityanath also said that the previous governments had “forgotten” Maharaja Suheldev, but his government has made a university named after him.
Emphasising self-reliance of women, he said, “When a woman becomes self-reliant, the entire family becomes self-reliant. When a family becomes self-reliant, then an important link of the society becomes self-reliant.” “These links, when they join together, then the unit of nation building gets strengthened, and the idea of ‘Viksit Bharat’ gets fulfilled. For ‘Viksit Bharat’, it is essential that women become self-reliant,” he added. PTI NAV OZ OZ
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