Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that the newspapers play an important role in strengthening democracy and therefore it is called the Fourth Pillar of democracy.
While addressing the launch of lucknow edition of a Hindi newspaper in lucknow on Thursday, Yadav said that the Samajwadi Party has always respected newspapers because news written with sincerity always impacts the society.
“The newspapers always play the role of a bridge between the government and people. It helps in dissemination of government schemes among the people and in turn also draws the attention of the government towards the problems of the people,” he said.
On this occasion, the CM declared that the government will build a museum in Faizabad where belongings of Gumnami Baba would be displayed. Meanwhile, a delegation of Sikh community met the CM at his residence and thanked him for facilitating the release of a 70 year old prisoner Variyam Singh from Bareilly jail\.