PM: Fake Samajwadis choked progress of UP

Bijnor (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the “river of development” had stopped in Uttar Pradesh before 2017 due to the dynastic approach of “fake samajwadis’. Addressing a rally in Bijnor virtually, PM Modi praised the Yogi Adityanath government for developing all regions of the state equally without any discrimination.

The prime minister addressed the Bijnor rally virtually as he could not be physically present there due to bad weather. He said the Yogi Adityanath government has paid over Rs 1.5 lakh crore sugarcane dues to farmers which is more than the money paid by earlier two governments in UP.

Bad weather cancels PM’s physical rally in UP Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first physical rally in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Monday was cancelled due to inclement weather and he will now virtually address the election meeting, BJP sources said. Arrangements had been made at the Bardaman college ground here for the prime minister’s rally but due to bad weather he could not arrive here, they said.

The prime minister will now address the people virtually. Bijnor has eight assembly seats out of which five are with the BJP at present and the rest three are with the SP. The district, where almost 50 per cent population is of Dalits and Muslims, has two Lok Sabha seats – Bijnor and Nagina – both of which are with the BSP.