Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said his government had extended financial assistance in all the cases recommended by the elected representatives and this proved that it did not discriminate on any ground.
Yogi said the recommendation made by the elected representatives, irrespective of their political affiliation, for help to the poor and the needy were accepted and assistance was given from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
The Chief Minister said in the Vidhan Sabha on Thursday that BJP MLA from Firozabad, Manish Asija, had made the maximum number of recommendations for assistance to the poor people and Rs 3.62 crore was sanctioned from the CM’s Relief Fund.
“Special financial assistance from the CM’s Relief Fund was given on the recommendations of 375 MLAs from different political parties in 11,336 cases. Assembly Speaker Hriday Naryan Dikshit had also sent recommendation for 45 persons and they were given financial assistance,” the CM said.
Yogi Adityanath specifically mentioned his Cabinet colleague Om Prakash Rajbhar, who is president of Suheldeo Bharatiya Samaj Party. He said Rajbhar had made 175 recommendations and each and every recommendation was honoured and the persons recommended were provided financial assistance.
On utilisation of budgetary provisions, the Chief Minister said all departments were working hard and he was confident that the outlays provided in the 2018-19 budget would be utilised by the end of March 31, 2019.
Yogi also mentioned the effective measures taken by his government for curbing annual menace of diseases like encephalitis, dengue and chikungunya. He said in Gorakhpur, every year 400-500 cases of encephalitis were reported and 100-150 patients died of the disease. He said after a concerted drive launched by the government, the number of encephalitis patients in 2018 had came down to 86 and only six causalities were reported.