Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke on several issues including Budget 2023, Lok Sabha Elections 2024 and construction of Ram Mandir in an exclusive interview with India TV on Thursday at CM residence in Lucknow.
The UP CM said that the perception about Uttar Pradesh has completely changed and the credit goes to the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He said that before 2017 the state government was not interested in development, but after 2017 our government implemented all the central policies in the state and we can feel the results today.
UP was at 14th position in terms of business and today our state is at second position and it happened because we did so many reforms in the state, Yogi said.
He said that 10 new airports will be built in UP and work is going on in the state on many big projects related to infrastructure and electricity.
“I monitor every project. If we really want to bring a change in the lives of 25 crore people living in Uttar Pradesh, we have to implement all the developmental programs in true spirit. working to provide more opportunities.” 1.61 youth were associated with employment oriented programmes.
On being called ‘Bulldozer Baba’, Yodi said, ‘I don’t mind if people call me by any name and it gives them happiness and improves their lifestyle.’
“All the guidelines were followed. The officials first sent the notice and then the bulldozers ran. We not only run the bulldozers but also bear all the cost involved in the operation as they do wrong things. It is not wrong to take action against those who had encroached land and engaged in anti-social activities,” Yogi said on the bulldozer action.
He said that it was unfortunate that a professional gangster like Mukhtar Ansari used to get the support of the ruling establishment, but we came up with a policy of zero tolerance against criminals.