Lucknow, Mar 24: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lauded the performance of his government on its eighth anniversary, and said 8 years of "service, safety, and good governance" have been completed under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi.

During a special program organised to mark the completion of eight years of the BJP government, CM Yogi Adityanath expressed gratitude to the people of the state.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Minister Brajesh Pathak, Minister Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, along with several other ministers and dignitaries, attended the program.

"Under the leadership of PM Modi, 8 years of service, safety, and good governance have been completed... the double-engine government of UP has completed 8 years today...I thank 25 crore people of Uttar Pradesh for their support," CM Yogi said at the press conference.

Drawing comparisons from the previous governments, the Chief Minister said there was an "identity crisis" in the state, and its infrastructure, economy, law and order, everything was in a 'dire state'.

He added that people can see how vast changes can be brought just by a change in the government.

"Most of us know what the condition and identity of UP was 8 years ago. The condition of UP's infrastructure and economy 8 years ago was not hidden...There was an identity crisis in front of UP; farmers were committing suicide, youth were struggling, daughters and traders were unsafe and the people tolerated the poor economy because of riots and the collapsed law and order situation," the UP CM further said.

"The state and the machinery are the same today, but we can see how there can be vast changes just by a change in the government," he added.

Yogi Adityanath became the UP CM in 2017 after BJP – which went to the polls without a CM face – chose the five-time MP from Gorakhpur to lead the government, which received an unprecedented mandate, winning 312 out of 403 seats.

BJP returned to power in the state in the 2022 assembly polls, winning 255 seats in Uttar Pradesh, and its allies in the state also registered impressive performance. This made him the first CM in Uttar Pradesh's history to win two consecutive terms.

(ANI)

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