Insisting that people were getting the benefits of government schemes without any discrimination, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged people to perform their duties without any bias.

The chief minister was speaking at a function in Basti where a statue of Dr YD Singh was unveiled on Tuesday. Referring to the mantra of ‘Panch Prana’ given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Yogi said Dr YD Singh’s personality reflected the five pledges. 

“The prime minister had mentioned about creating a developed India. We are sure that India will quickly overtake China as the world’s most powerful nation if citizens perform their duties. Respecting our heritage is necessary for this. Without any bias, start performing your duties. You must have seen that everyone is being benefitted from the government schemes without any discrimination,” he said.

Yogi said that people of Basti, Gorakhpur, and the Purvanchal region would remember Dr YD Singh for a long time to come. During the unveiling of Dr Singh’s statue and launch of a ‘memorial book’ at the AD Academy in Dharampur, Duboulia Bazar, the chief minister said: “Dr Singh was born in Basti, and his workplace was Gorkhpur. The heights he gave to Gorakhpur Medical College while discharging his duties are in front of all of us. The efforts he made at his level as a sensitive doctor to save the lives of lakhs of children of eastern Uttar Pradesh are commendable, because there was no money for the medical college at that time.”

Yogi further said that Dr Singh greatly improved the BRD Medical College’s paediatrics division. “The paediatrics department at the BRD Medical College was regarded as the best when he was heading it,” he recalled.

The CM said that Dr Singh changed the lives of lakhs of children in eastern Uttar Pradesh and showed them how to live. Thousands of people used to visit him everyday in eastern UP where there was no social worker like him, he added.

“When the BRD Medical College was closed, he used to look after children at his home. In addition to this, he used to provide free medical care to kids every Saturday and Sunday in his hometown, Basti,” Yogi recalled.

“Dr Singh’s contribution towards taking the paediatrics department of Gorakhpur BRD Medical College to new heights was second to none. As principal, he made significant contributions to the growth of the college. When encephalitis was prevalent at that time, he made a significant contribution as a sensitive doctor to save the lives of infants in eastern Uttar Pradesh,” Yogi said.