CM Yogi's bulldozer policy a symbol of strict governance: Min
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Lucknow: Minister of state for social welfare (independent charge)
Aseem Arun
on Monday said that CM
Yogi Adityanath
's
bulldozer policy
is a symbol of both strength and strict governance.
Arun said that the current BJP govt's model embodied 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas'.
Hitting out at
Samajwadi Party
chief Akhilesh Yadav, in what can be seen as an ongoing tussle between BJP and SP over who is more genuinely concerned about
Dalit welfare
, that the former CM lacked both the will and strength to govern effectively. In the second such attack by Arun against the SP leader in the past week, the minister while addressing a press conference in Lucknow on Monday, accused Akhilesh of heaping atrocities on deprived sections of society while he was in power.
"It was Akhilesh's narrow mindset and discriminatory policies which led to his ouster by the public. During his tenure as CM , the atrocities against SCs and Backward Classes are still fresh in public memory. He insulted Ambedkar by changing the name of a medical college in Kannauj and rejecting a statue of Lord Buddha," the minister said. Demanding that Akhilesh explain his intentions to the public and apologise, Arun said SP chief was trying to mislead the SCs and the poor, reminding people that it was SP which halted scholarships for SC children, which the Yogi govt later restored.
"Unemployment rate, which stood at 13–14% during the SP regime, has dropped to 3% under the Yogi govt. The current govt is not only providing jobs but also promoting youth entrepreneurship through interest-free loans under programmes like 'CM Yuva'," he said.
Insisting that Yogi Adityanath takes decisive, well-thought-out actions, unlike Akhilesh, Arun added that the UP govt was working for all religions and castes.
A former IPS officer who resigned to join politics, Arun highlighted transparency in police recruitment under the current dispensation, comparing it with Akhilesh's tenure which he said was marred by corruption in recruitments. He added that 56 out of 86 UPPCS candidates came from a single caste then, against the current situation where the recent PCS J exam was completed in a record eight months. He further said that during the SP rule, police postings and jobs were distributed based on caste favouritism.
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