Banda, 09 July (HS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi

Adityanath launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party at a public rally

in Banda on Thursday. He said that before 2017, during the Samajwadi Party

government in the state, Bundelkhand was suffering from backwardness. At that

time, goons, mafias and dacoits were dominant in the region. Instead of

providing employment to the youth, they were given guns in their hands. Today,

under the BJP government, Bundelkhand is becoming a major center of the

country's security through the Defense Corridor and the youth here will work on

making Brahmos missiles. He said that when India fires Brahmos, even Pakistan

cries out. He said that Bundelkhand is developing rapidly and will soon be made

a heaven on earth.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was addressing the public on

Thursday after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of 229 projects

worth Rs 710 crore at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College ground in Banda district.

Chief Minister Yogi said that due to the policies of the BJP government, new

investment possibilities have emerged in Bundelkhand and migration has been

stopped. Under the One District-One Product scheme, Banda's Shajar

stone is today creating its own identity in the country and abroad and is being

counted among precious gems. He said that Bundelkhand is going to get a big

gift in the form of BIDA, which will create extensive employment opportunities

here in the future and youth will come here not to ask for jobs, but to get

jobs.

The Chief Minister stated that both development and heritage

are the BJP's priorities. He added that this journey of development has been

possible only because of good public representatives. In the future, whatever

development project proposals public representatives bring, the government will

promote them and make Bundelkhand one of the most developed regions in the

country.

He said that if this continuity of development is broken,

future generations will never forgive. Targeting the SP MLA from Baberu, the

Chief Minister said that he has no interest in development. Robbing the rights

of the poor is his development model, which will be stopped at all costs. Yogi

Adityanath questioned why statues of great figures like Maharana Pratap and

warrior Avantibai were not installed earlier, and why the Bundelkhand

Expressway was not built. He said that after becoming Chief Minister in 2017,

64,000 acres of government land was freed from the clutches of mafias, on which

new development and investment projects are now taking place. The Chief Minister

said that the BJP government integrates heritage and development. Today, work

is being done on the preservation of temples and the development of religious

sites, whereas previous governments prioritized the development of graveyards.

This is why some people oppose the development of temples and religious

heritage.

He said that Banda is working to honor its heroes and

heroines. He explained that he arrived in Banda after circumambulating Lord

Kamatnath in Chitrakoot. He said that some people, instead of respecting the

country's cultural heritage, have made it their goal to insult it. They dislike

the Ram Temple, Kashi Vishwanath Dham, Maa Vindhyavasini Dham, and the

development work being done in Chitrakoot.

The Chief Minister said that the BJP government does not

engage in appeasement politics, but rather ensures that the benefits of

government schemes reach all eligible individuals without discrimination. The

safety of businessmen and daughters is the government's top priority. The law

has established strict measures for those who attempt to compromise their security.

At the end of the meeting, the Chief Minister stated that

good public representatives are a guarantee of development. Today, Bundelkhand

is home to numerous development projects, including a medical college, an

agricultural university, and an engineering college. He added that if public

representatives are honest and development-oriented, the region will progress.

However, if bandits and criminals win, they will rob projects and seize the

land of the poor. Therefore, selecting the right public representatives is

crucial for a bright future for the state and Bundelkhand.

On this occasion, Minister in charge of the district Dinesh

Pratap Singh, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Ramkesh Nishad, Minister of

State for PWD Kunwar Brijesh Singh, Sadar MLA Banda Prakash Dwivedi, Naraini

MLA Om Mani Verma, District Panchayat President Sunil Singh Patel, Legislative

Council members Babulal Tiwari and Jitendra Singh Sengar, regional president of

the party Ramkishore Sahu, district president of the party Kallu Singh Rajput,

Municipal Council Banda President Malti Basu, MP RK Singh Patel, senior party

leader Ajay Singh Patel were present.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi