Expressing confidence of returning to power again, riding on the `mahila shakti’, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that women had appreciated the good work done by the double-engine government and this was reflected in the voting pattern in 2022 assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh.
Yogi declared that the Bharatiya Janata Party will win 80 per cent of the assembly seats and other parties will share the remaining 20 per cent.
“Women gave good support to the BJP across the state because of the policies of the present government. The double-engine government ensured free houses and toilets to the women. Toilets are a testament of `nari garima’ and then we introduced schemes like Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, Janani Suraksha Yojana and even ensured smoke-free kitchen by providing free LPG connections,” Yogi said here on Saturday at the end of the election campaign for the seventh and the last phase of elections in the state.
The seventh phase election will be held on March 7 and the results will be out on March 10.
Elaborating on the two-month election campaign, Yogi Adityanath said that the biggest achievement of this election was that no violence had been reported so far.
“This is because of the crime-free atmosphere given by the BJP government. The peaceful elections in UP could be a surprise for many but it was the commitment of the double-engine government to ensure improvement in law and order and we fulfilled that commitment,” he said and added: “The double-engine government’s ideology of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas aur Sabka Vishwas was reflected in the election campaign”.
Yogi Adityanath said before 2014, the political parties had run election campaigns on the basis of caste and language and no one highlighted the main issues.
“For the first time in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set development as the agenda of the election campaign. ‘Sabka Saath’ was the slogan of that time. He publicly talked about internal and external security. He stressed on the development of infrastructure and delivered those government schemes without any bias,” Yogi said.
“The double-engine government has changed the agenda of the election campaign. Now, poor farmers and people from other deprived sections of society are the focus of the government’s delivery system. People are getting benefits of the government schemes and this is evident from the way people across the state have supported the BJP,” Yogi said.
Hitting out at Samajwadi Party, he said that before 2017, the SP did not implement development schemes of the Central government following which the poor were deprived of basic facilities.
“After 2017, all Central government schemes were implemented and people are now happy,” Yogi said.
He further said that the minimum support price (MSP) for food grains was announced in 1967 but it was only Modi who ensured that farmers got a good price for their produce.
“To ensure that the farmers increase their agriculture production, irrigation projects were started. Besides, land ownership rights were given to over 25 lakh families and they were also benefited by the PM and CM Awas Yojanas,” he said.
Yogi also elaborated on the government schemes to help people during the COVID-19 pandemic and how the double-engine government had improved health facilities across the state.
“The opposition does not have issues. In fact, they are not concerned about the poor and deprived sections of society. They are more sympathetic towards criminals and terrorists. Therefore, the BJP will get a massive victory in the election,” he said.