Highlighting the problems faced by the State and its national importance, Mr. Modi said poverty would be removed from the country only when it was eradicated from U.P. “This is the land of the Ganga and the Yamuna, where the land is most fertile, with crores of labourers, but poverty still exists here … why is this so? There is nothing wrong with the people here or their capabilities, nor a shortage of resources,” he said.
“It is the problem of the government’s lack of intention. The SP, the BSP and the Congress have not thought about how the State should be developed … all those who had been at the helm have only worked to safeguard their vote bank, help them in whichever way possible … the future of U.P. cannot be changed till it is freed of the SP, the BSP and the Congress,” he said.
Continuing his attack on Akhilesh Yadav’s kaam bolta hai (work speaks) slogan, the Prime Minister spoke about some Central schemes, which he said had not been implemented in Uttar Pradesh by the SP government.
