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There has been a big change in the politics of Uttar Pradesh in the last four years. Instead of casteism, development has become a major issue here. The credit for this change goes to the Yogi Adityanath government. The issue has been strengthened by the visit of the Union Home Minister to Uttar Pradesh. After a few months, the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly is to be held. In such a situation, the visit of BJP national leaders to Uttar Pradesh is also being seen from the electoral point of view. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had come on a visit to Lucknow, Kashi and Mirzapur Vindhyachal. Election sources are also being discussed in his visit. Its message is quite clear. BJP will make development and ideology the main election issue. Pilgrimage and tourism development was not an issue in Uttar Pradesh till four years ago. In this area only formality was done. Whereas there has been a huge potential for tourism and tourism development in Uttar Pradesh. Lord Shri Ram and Shri Krishna took incarnation here. Kashi, the city of the world’s oldest Baba Bholenath, is here. Apart from this, many Goddesses have a reputation in the country. Lakhs of visitors visit all these places every year. From his arrival, a view of Mini India is visible here. Not only this, the influx of foreign tourists also does not decrease.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also had an emotional attachment to all these places. Going beyond this, he linked all these places with the overall development of the state. The economy gets a boost from tourism and pilgrimage. There is direct and indirect employment generation at the local level. Yogi Adityanath gave a message that this is not a communal issue. This is an issue related to the development of the state. Which till now has been neglected as communal. The issue of pilgrimage development emerged in the Vindhyachal and Kashi Yatra of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The previous governments were also mentioned on this basis. It was said that the previous governments used to keep distance from these places due to vote bank politics. Due to this, the expected development was not done here. Whereas decades ago there was a need for world-class development. The present governments of the Center and the state are completing this work. Amit Shah said that I have got an opportunity to come to Uttar Pradesh in the order of all-round development of Uttar Pradesh. The construction of a grand temple of Shri Ram has started in Ayodhya. Under the efficient leadership and management of the state government, the grand and grand event of Kumbh was successfully organized in Prayagraj. Kashi Vishwanath Corridor is under construction. The State Government has given a new direction to the development of Braj Teerth and Chitrakoot Dham. People’s sentiments were respected by the Deepotsav program in Ayodhya. developed its own traditions. Public facilities are being developed in all the pilgrimage areas. In this sequence, the Maa Vindhyavasini Corridor has been inaugurated and the ropeway has been inaugurated. The corridor project includes construction of temple park and parikrama path, construction of road and main gate infrastructure, construction of facade treatment in the streets of the temple, strengthening and construction of access roads, construction of parking lot, shopping center and other passenger facilities. . Yogi Adityanath said that the state government has worked for the people of the state with the efforts of Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. Vindhya Medical College, Mirzapur will soon be inaugurated by the Prime Minister. Admission in this medical college will start from this session. He said that Uttar Pradesh has immense potential in the field of tourism. The state government has presented Kumbh as a brand of Uttar Pradesh in front of the whole world by developing world class facilities and services at the Kumbh of Prayagraj. Kashi and Ayodhya regions are developing in a new color. Quality tourism facilities are being developed in areas like Chitrakoot Dham, Shringverpur, Naimisharanya. In this series, the foundation stone of Vindhyavasini corridor at Maa Vindhyavasini Shakti Dham and construction of ropeway in Kali Khoh and Ashtabhuja is showing new horizons of tourism. Ayodhya Mahotsav, Braj Dham, Shringverpur, Chitrakoot Dham, Naimisharanya, Vindhyachal Dham are showing a new chapter on the tourism of Uttar Pradesh today. Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath observed a presentation of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham under construction. Temple complex, temple square, passenger convenience center, Mumukshu Bhawan, Bhog Shala, utility building, security building are being constructed in view of the devotees. Most of these works have been completed. The work of jetty and ghat development is also going on. The achievements of the Yogi government in the matter of development are unprecedented. Naturally this will be a major election issue. On this basis BJP will challenge the previous governments. Before this, SP and BSP had got the opportunity to run the government with absolute majority. Voters can easily compare the three governments. Apart from this, BJP is a party based on ideology. In this, everyone’s development is included. Vote bank politics has no place in this ideology. Amit Shah said that infrastructure is being developed continuously in the health sector. Medical colleges are being established in all the districts of the state. Uttar Pradesh is going to get the maximum amount from the Health Infrastructure Fund of Rs. Uttar Pradesh has become the first choice of investment under the leadership of Yogi. More than three and a half lakh crore rupees have been invested in the state.
Purvanchal Expressway, Bundelkhand Expressway, Gorakhpur Link Expressway, Ganga Expressway are being constructed while strengthening the state’s infrastructure in the last four years. In the state, along with five international airports, the construction work of three other airports has been given impetus. Eight airports are being operated successfully. Seven new airstrips are being built. While widening more than fourteen thousand km of roads, about fifteen thousand km of new roads have been constructed, including the construction of more than five hundred major and minor bridges. The construction of the Defense Corridor in Uttar Pradesh is in progress. In the matter of internal security in the state, the government has worked with full readiness and sensitivity, as a result of which the three districts of Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur, Chandauli and Sonbhadra have become free from the effects of Naxalism. Property of Adhij’s mafia worth Rs.1.5 thousand crore has been confiscated. About thirty two and a half thousand crore rupees have been provided to 2.5 crore farmers of Uttar Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Paddy and wheat worth seventy eight thousand crore rupees were purchased from about eighty lakh farmers. Twenty sugar mills were modernised. More than three million poor houses were built. Two crore sixty one lakh toilets were built. One crore twenty four lakh poor were provided electricity under Saubhagya scheme. One crore forty seven lakh mothers have been provided free gas cylinders under the Ujjwala scheme. Yogi Adityanath said that on August 5, Anna Mahotsav will be celebrated. In which free food grains will be distributed to one crore people in a day. Har Ghar Nal Yojana has been started to provide pure drinking water to the people of Bundelkhand and Vindhya region. Under the Chief Minister’s Tourism Promotion Scheme, the state government has started work in all the assembly constituencies according to the possibilities of tourism and its restoration and faith.