Need to expose those trying to create unrest in UP: Yogi

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said his government unmasked the perpetrators of violence in the name of protest against the amended Citizenship Act and those giving shelter to members of Tablighi Jamaat who were spreading coronavirus infection in the country.
“Our government has dealt with such elements with an iron hand. Development carried out by the BJP government is not liked by some people who conspire to create an atmosphere of insecurity and seek to push the state into caste and communal conflict,” Yogi said while addressing BJP functionaries of the bypoll-bound Ghatampur assembly seat in Kanpur through virtual conference.
“The opposition is spreading false propaganda and is trying to stop development of the state. We need to expose such people,” he added.
The CM said his government was formulating schemes for the welfare of all sections of the society. “We do not go by the caste or religion of people. We do not follow the policy of appeasement,” he said, adding that his government was committed to providing security to all.
Yogi said the youth were being provided employment on merit and not on the basis of caste or religion.
“Before BJP came to power, the state was infested with a frail infrastructure, poor law and order situation and high corruption. Things have changed over the last three years with youth getting employment and state receiving investments,” Yogi said, recounting a host of central schemes including construction of toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission, allotment of houses to poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and Ayushman Bharat Scheme.
He said technology was a key driver in the implementation of welfare schemes during pandemic. “Had there been no technology the government would have been left helpless,” the CM said while referring to various people and farmer-centric schemes.
“The government used technology to provide grants to street vendors and labourers who got badly affected by coronavirus lockdown. We also took steps to mitigate problems faced by migrants who returned to the state in large numbers,” he added.