Calling Uttar Pradesh as Prashan (question) Pradesh Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that persistent failure of the State Government to improve governance and law and order has raised a question in people’s mind as to why this is happening only in UP.
“People ask why there is anarchy in UP, why crime against women is so high, why corruption has been institutionalised in this State, why policemen are being killed by criminals and why UP has failed to progress. There are so many questions but this Government has no answer thus giving this State a new name of Prashan Pradesh,” Singh said while addressing the valedictory session of the State Working Committee meeting on Sunday.
He said people are not unjustified when they raise these questions. “While BJP-ruled States are galloping on the path of development the Samajwadi Party-ruled UP is lagging behind. This Government is so callous that it is not even implementing pro-people policies of the Centre,” Singh said.
Singh said that the BJP-led NDA Government introduced a progressive Crop Insurance Policy which will help farmers in any natural calamity. But UP has so far not implemented this. “Between 2009 and 2012 only 80 villages of UP were electrified. But between 2014-16 the NDA has electrified 1,364 villages in UP,” Singh said.