TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ Faced with opposition attack on the law and order front, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday hits back, saying those who ruled the state for 10 years are seeking an account from him for his two-month-old government. “Those who ruled the state for five or ten years ask us to give an account of our performance in two months ..Stage walkouts on every second issue,” he said in the Assembly while replying to the Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s address.
While admitting that crime is taking place in the state, he likened the recent incidents to “the last few breaths which come very fast before death”. “I have decided that for crime, criminals and those giving shelter to them, there is no place in the state,” the chief minister asserted. “We will deal with such elements without any mercy …Those harassing the poor, helpless and traders will be dealt with sternly,” Yogi said.
“In UP, crime has been politicised ..Who has brought casteism in administration…Who has committed this sin…It is a reality that criminals have been politicised and there had been a transfer industry functioning here,” he said. Replying to opposition barbs on the RSS, he said it is the only organisation in the world which does not take any help from the government and works selflessly through its swayamsewaks and pracharaks for the country and culture.
