PRAYAGRAJ: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday said that land reclaimed from gangsters in the ongoing drive against the mafia will be used for constructing houses and given to poor, lawyers, teachers and mediapersons on ‘no profit and no loss basis’ and due instructions have been given to development authorities in this regard.
The state has become 'bhay-mukt' (without fear), as strict action is being taken against mafia dons and this will continue, he added.
He was addressing Uttar Pradesh Adhivakta Samagam, a mega lawyers’ conference jointly organized by Bar Council of UP and Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) at KP Ground here.
Govt will ensure all are vaccinated: Yogi
The CM said the government would solve all problems faced by lawyers and is ready to set up a hospital in high court compound. He also asked the Bar Council to prepare a roadmap for helping lawyers who suffered due to Covid-19 pandemic and submit it to the law department. The government will find ways to help lawyers in this regard, he assured. Yogi further said that lawyers are symbols of faith as people contact them when they lose a fight even against their own and urged them to maintain this faith.
“Lawyers have always led the society, but whenever any institution crosses its limits, public sentiments are hurt,” the CM said.
“Our efforts in combating corona pandemic and results have been appreciated by the World Health Organization. We conducted the highest number of tests and have lowest case positivity and mortality rates,” he added. “Once the vaccine is available, the state government will ensure all people are vaccinated,” the CM said. CM also assured that construction of a ‘National Law University’ would start in Prayagraj soon. CM said the ‘one district one product’ scheme will help the state become self-sufficient. Earlier, even idols of Laxmi and Ganesh were imported from China, but this time idols made by our own craftsmen were supplied.
Cabinet minister and Allahabad West MLA Sidharth Nath Singh said, “When I was health minister, I had written to the chief minister for establishment of a hospital in the high court compound.” UP has received investment proposals of Rs 53,000 crore during corona pandemic, Singh added.
Law minister Brijesh Pathak said, “Lawyers are like my family. We will fulfill all our promises just like we waived the loans of farmers worth Rs 36,000 crore after coming to power.”