Uttar Pradesh Assembly election | U.P. riot-free since 2017, now preferred destination for investment: Adityanath
The Hindu
“In BSP regime (2007-2012), there were 364 riots. During the SP tenure (2012-2017), there were over 700 big riots in which hundreds were killed,” U.P. CM Yogi Adityanath said
Claiming success in controlling crime in the State, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on February 3 accused his predecessors of failing to undertake “police reforms and modification” as the latter wanted to use the department as their “personal tool”.
The Chief Minister also claimed that the State was free of riots and terrorist activities for five years and that Uttar Pradesh had become the preferred destination for investors.
Giving out details on the number of riots in the previous Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) Governments, Mr. Adityanath said, “In BSP regime [2007-2012], there were 364 riots. During the SP tenure [2012-2017], there were over 700 big riots in which hundreds were killed.
In 2011, the Karnataka government announced that five botanical gardens will be developed on the lines of the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru across the State. But according to the latest developments, there will only be four such gardens as the Horticulture Department is most likely to drop the project that was supposed to come up in Chikkaballapura district.