Azamgarh (UP), April 6 Launching a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party for "confining development to Saifai" (the Samajwadi Party's stronghold), Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, and Jaunpur were never part of their (Samajwadi Party's) agenda.
"The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the only party in the world that says 'Nation First, Party next, and then the individual'. What about other parties?" Adityanath said.
"The Samajwadi Party will only develop Saifai, but they will not pay attention to Azamgarh, which has always helped them win elections. This is because, for them, development is limited to themselves," he said.
He alleged that Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, and Jaunpur were never part of their (SP's) agenda.
"If it had been part of their agenda, they would have built the Purvanchal Expressway. They could also have established a university named after Maharaja Suheldev, but they didn't. Development was not part of their agenda. But, the BJP's agenda is Nation First," he added.
Speaking at the inauguration of the newly constructed milk chilling center here, the chief minister said that whatever the founders of Bharatiya Jana Sangh and BJP had thought, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled them.
Referring to the alleged identity crisis that the people of Azamgarh had faced earlier, Adityanath also said that development is taking place, but the biggest thing is that the district's identity is being recognized.
He said that earlier, when someone would say that they were from Azamgarh, it was difficult to get a room in hotels and dharamshalas, but today people extend a welcome to anyone from the district.
"This is because the BJP's double-engine government also works to give honour. When development takes place without any discrimination, then we get to see the benefits in that form itself," the chief minister added.
Adityanath also said that the previous governments had "forgotten" Maharaja Suheldev, but his government has established a university named after him.
Emphasizing the importance of women's self-reliance, he said, "When a woman becomes self-reliant, the entire family becomes self-reliant. When a family becomes self-reliant, then an important link of the society becomes self-reliant.”
“When these links join together, then the unit of nation building gets strengthened, and the idea of 'Viksit Bharat' gets fulfilled. For 'Viksit Bharat', it is essential that women become self-reliant," he added.