Uttar Pradesh, once considered a laggard state, has now become India’s engine of economic progress, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday.
Speaking at a press conference in Lucknow to mark eight years of the National Democratic Alliance government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, he credited “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies of service, security and good governance” for the state’s progress.
Adityanath recalled that before 2017, Uttar Pradesh was categorised among India’s lagging regions, or the ‘BIMARU’ states.
However, in the last eight years, it has emerged as the driving force of the nation’s economy, leading across multiple sectors, he emphasised.
The chief minister said that before 2017, agriculture was completely neglected in Uttar Pradesh. Farmers had been struggling, and the sector was on a decline. Reforms under the “double-engine government” changed the situation significantly, he said.