Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath apprised Governor Anandiben Patel of the government schemes and the progress the Bharatiya Janata Party regime has made in the last two-and-half years in various sectors with focus on uplift of the poor and the downtrodden.
In a two-hour interaction with ministers of the Yogi Adityanath government and top bureaucrats, the Governor shared her experience of administration as minister, chief minister and then governor.
In the meeting, a documentary was screened to highlight the performance of the government. Kumbh Mela held at Prayag early this year and Pravasi Diwas Sammelan found special time slots.
The Chief Minister also spoke about the record that his government had made by planting 22 crore saplings in one day on August 7.
“This was an achievement which even the foreign media picked up and reported,” Yogi said.
In her address, Patel stressed on implementation of people-oriented schemes.
“The effort of any government should be to wipe out tears from the eyes of the poor and downtrodden. Any government which achieves this becomes popular,” she said, emphasising as to why Narendra Modi continued to win elections one after the other in Gujarat.
The Chief Minister explained the policies of his government and congratulated the Governor for her decision to adopt TB-inflicted children and motivate other employees of Raj Bhawan to do the same.
“Ministers in-charge of various districts should make officers adopt TB affected children in their respective districts. If we can do this, we will be able to fulfil the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to eradicate TB by 2025,” the Chief Minister said.
Deputy Chief Ministers Dinesh Sharma and Keshav Prasad Maurya also shared the dais with the Chief Minister and the Governor while other ministers sat in a semi-circle in two rows around them.