LUCKNOW, Feb 9:
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said the wheel of development must continue to roll in UP and only the double engine Government of UP can ensure this because development is not possible without sound law and order situation and BJP alone can guaranty safety and honour of women, farmers and the poor.
Addressing a virtual rally in Rampur, CM Yogi said scores of people of Rampur have benefitted from the wide ranging welfare schemes of the BJP Government in the last five years. Earlier, Yogi was scheduled to address public meetings virtually in Bareily and Moradabad also, which were postponed for some reasons.
CM Yogi said: We have made a record payment of Rs 1.59 lakh crore to the sugarcane farmers in the state of which 2400 crore has gone to farmers of Rampur, which is much more than what was paid to them during 10 years of SP’s and Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) Governments.
CM Yogi added that sugarcane farmers were paid a mere Rs 653 crore and Rs 1400 crore during BSP and SP Governments respectively.
Yogi remarked that the double engine Government of UP waived loans worth Rs 36000 crore of 86 lakh farmers in the state after taking over in 2017, which included 66,000 beneficiaries from Rampur. Similarly, 2,66,600 farmers of Rampur are getting Rs 6,000 annually under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, he pointed out.
CM Yogi said the previous Government either did not purchase farmers’ crops at all, or did it through middlemen, who were dispensed with during BJP Government in order to ensure that the benefits reached the farmers directly.
Yogi added that the SP Government had stopped old age pension and the amount was distributed among officials whereas the BJP Government resumed the pension. One crore elderly people, widows and differently-abled persons are currently getting an annual pension of Rs 12,000 in the state, of which 13,846 differently-abled, 52,000 widows and 50,198 senior beneficiaries are from Rampur, he said.
Similarly, 4,14,589 ration card holders, including 20 lakh individuals, are getting the double dose of ration while the total number of beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat scheme in Rampur is 1,71,140. Besides, under PM Awas Yojana, as many as 28,819 people of Rampur have got houses whereas 1,73,775 electricity connections have also been provided, CM Yogi informed. CM Yogi said during SP Government the benefits of the welfare schemes did not reach the needy and the poor. According to him, the public money was looted by friends of the SP government while the party’s goons were themselves a threat to the safety of daughters.
Furthermore, Yogi said the double engine Government not only provided free testing, treatment and vaccine for Covid, but also has undertaken many developmental projects, such as building polytechnic institutes, medical colleges, building highways and widening roads as well as setting up new sugar mills.
According to Yogi, 200 tablets and smartphones have also been distributed to students of Rampur in the first phase of the programme. (UNI)
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