Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has said that law and order should be the top most priority of the Uttar Pradesh government and called for more improvement of the law and order situation in the state. He however clarified that the Yogi Adityanath government has inherited the present stare of law and order from the previous government. He said the UP should also concentrate on improving its standing on `ease of doing business’ index. Presently UP is on 15 numbers at all India level.
``You have dutiful people, skilful chief minister and helpful prime minister. Yogi Adityanath is a bachelor and has no hassle of the family and full time devotion for the cause of UP is his fulltime engagement. It’s an era of reform perform and transform and UP has to be made free of the vices of politics of caste and religion and there is need for the change in the mindset of the people’’, said the vice president.
"There is large number of people having licensed firearms in the state and it should be withdrawn. Why you need a gun," he questioned. Naidu while addressing the first UP Diwas functions here on Wednesday.
“The government should review the gun license policy in the state and also withdraw the licenses in the state," he suggested. He said the government should go for ' reform, perform and transform' so that the state could achieve the desired development.
The Vice President said that the State Government has taken steps to encourage new entrepreneurs in the direction of self-employment in the state through the Government of India's monetary policy, MUDRA, Stand-up India, PMFGP, Chief Minister Yuva Swarojgar Yojana and Vishwakarma Shram Samman Yojana.
The Vice President said that one of the objectives of the UP Diwas is to present and promote the rich cultural heritage, literary, artistic and craftsmanship. The experience of poverty eradication and employment generation through tourism in Uttar Pradesh will benefit other states, he added.
Asking the people and politicians to shed communalism and castism, Vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu said that lord Ram should not be linked to any religion as he is an ideal person for the countrymen.
``Mahatma Gandhi too said about Ramrajya in the country and his words were not related to any religion. No one has seen lord Ram but he is worshiped by everyone as an ideal person so how can it be related to any religion," he said. The VP went ahead in saying that several senior political leaders like Jagjivan Ram, Kanshi Ram, Sitaram Yechuri, Ramvilas Paswan and hundreds of others have their name on lord Ram which shows their faith on the God.
He also claimed that Hindu is not a religion but a way of lifestyle hence the country was named as “Hindustan". "People of the country are free to worship whatever God they want but religion should not be used for obstructing others," he said.
Naidu also called on the politicians and others for unity in the country so that it can achieve the goal. “Communalism and castism were one of the reasons for the country not achieving its goal besides hunger for money had pushed the country backward," he said. “UP has seen lot of disturbances due to communal and caste conflict. Now it has to be shed these things so that the state moves ahead in the path of development," he added.
``India was a prosperous and wealthy nation more than two centuries ago and contributed 27 per cent of the world GDP, but now we are facing constraints in maintaining it to eight per cent. This situation will only change when people get united and think of the country first," he said while suggested that end of communalism and castiesm will certainly pave way for speeder growth.
``We want UP to become an Uttam Pradesh and the state has attributed a lot in the country's economy and even during the freedom movement," he said. The Vice President commented that though there are several challenges before UP but it can be overcome as Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents UP in the Parliament and the present CM Yogi Adityanath too is very efficient. “UP is a beautiful state, which has talented people, with a dutiful CM and a helpful PM," he stated.
The VP also commented that though he has retired from politics but has not retired from public life. He also praised state governor Ram Naik for raising the issue of UP Diwas." I have worked with Ram Naik and he is the person, who has always new ideas," he said.
On the occasion the VP also launched developmental schemes worth over Rs 24,000 crores of 44 government departments while launched the one district, One Product (ODOP) scheme of the UP government. After the function, the VP attended the lunch hosted in his honour by chief minister at his official residence. later Naidu left for New Delhi.