Upliftment of poor was not in SP, BSP's agenda: Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow, October 23: Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath slammed the previous government led by Samajwadi party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), stating that their respective agendas doesn't include welfare of the poor.

"We have brought several schemes for the poor. These schemes were approved by the Central government long back, but the poor never received their benefit. This is because the previous governments were never concerned about the plight of the poor," Adityanath said, while addressing a gathering in Hamirpur.

Adityanath further said that around 33 lakh ration cards, which were illegally used by the Samajwadi Party and the BSP leaders, have been scrapped, and added that the cards were allotted to other people to let them avail the benefits of government schemes.

"We will not let anyone snatch away the rights of the poor," he said.

The chief minister asserted that his government had planned several projects worth Rs 18 crore for the upliftment of the Bundelkhand region. He assured that the two major issues in Bundelkhand water scarcity and agrarian crisis would be resolved as soon as possible.

"We will not keep Bundelkhand thirsty, no matter how much money we have to spend for it. We will also try to provide sufficient amount of water for irrigation purposes too," he said.

Adityanath also said that around Rs 2,800 crore have been allocated for providing clean drinking water to the people of the state and that the state government was installing 110 new tubewells in the region.

Adityanath also directed for the constitution of a committee for the protection of cows in the state.