Governor Ram Naik completed three and half years of his tenure at the Raj Bhawan after taking over on July 22 in 2014.
A statement issued by Raj Bhawan on Friday said that the Governor laid the foundation of a new tradition of meeting members of different sections of the society and so far he has met nearly 22, 000 individuals.
A Raj Bhawan spokesman said that despite Marathi being his mother tongue, the Governor not only increased communication with Hindi speaking people of Uttar Pradesh, he also helped in establishing Rs UP’ as a brand. He said that on his suggestion, the UP government celebrated on January 24 as Rs Uttar Pradesh Diwas’.
The spokesman said that constant communication with people was the basic requirement in a democratic polity and the Governor has constantly been in touch with the people.
He said that during the last 42 months of his tenure, the Governor attended hundreds of public programmers and met close to 22,000 persons, including 3,337 persons during the last six months.
He said that the number of people desiring to meet the Governor is constantly rising. He said that no previous Governor of UP can match the record of Ram Naik in terms of meeting the number of people at Raj Bhawan.
During the last three and half years, the Governor attended 766 programmes held in the premises of Raj Bhawan and at other places in lucknow. Besides, the Governor attended 480 programmes outside the state capital.
For ensuring transparency and accountability, the Governor provided information to people through press releases and so far the Raj Bhawan has issued 1,572 press releases.