Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath speaks within the Assembly in the course of the ongoing Budget Session, in Lucknow on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday reacted strongly to Opposition allegations, and claimed that whereas the Samajwadi Party (SP) gave ‘One District One Mafia’ to the State, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities is making efforts for ‘One District One Product’, giving new life to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
“One District One Product has given a new life to MSMEs. The State become the hub of exports. We are providing more than double the employment as compared to 2016-17. In the financial year 2021-22, the total exports from U.P. is valued at ₹1,56,000 crore. Before 2017, every district of Uttar Pradesh had a mafia. Everyone was aware of it. Organised mining mafias, forest mafias and criminal gangs were common. The SP promoted ‘One District One Mafia’ while we promote ‘One District One Product’,” the CM stated.
Mr. Adityanath was responding to Leader of the Opposition Akhilesh Yadav’s allegations by which he mocked the State authorities’s efforts relating to financial improvement and an bold goal of a $1 trillion economic system.
“The proposals worth ₹34.09 lakh crore are a validation of the people’s trust in the Uttar Pradesh government and its credibility. Why didn’t this come before 2017?” he requested.
The CM argued that the U.P. authorities accepts the challenges it faces and tries to beat them. “What type of government there should be? One which runs away or accepts them as a challenge and works on a policy of zero tolerance towards corruption and crime. Our government accepted every challenge in the last six years with full commitment,” stated Mr. Adityanath, whereas thanking all of the 134 members who participated within the dialogue on Budget 2023-24 within the State Assembly.
Speaking on the difficulty of the much-discussed ‘Caste Census’, Mr. Adityanath stated vaccines, assessments and rations in the course of the pandemic weren’t given primarily based on caste and alleged when the Opposition has no related argument, they provide you with the caste angle to divert the eye of the society.
“The previous government in 2016-17 discontinued scholarships of 21,21,629 students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (ST). Our government gave those pending scholarships to them. When the Opposition has no relevant argument, they come up with the caste angle to divert the attention of society. We work for the benefit of each and every section of society with full capabilities,” added the CM.
The SP is repeatedly pushing for the caste-based Census, claiming it’s obligatory for the State to know which social teams are marginalised, so higher policy-making might be initiated.
