UP's image changed under BJP rule, state recording growth in all sectors: CM on 1st anniversary of Yogi govt 2.0

Lucknow, Mar 25 (PTI) People's perception of Uttar Pradesh as a "mafia and gunda raj" has changed in the six-year rule of the BJP and the state is registering growth in all sectors under the double-engine government, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday.

Adityanath was speaking at an event to mark the first anniversary of his government's second term. Deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, BJP's state unit president Bhupendra Chaudhary and others were present on the occasion.

Adityanath has become the state's longest-serving chief minister in continuity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while attending an event in Varanasi on Friday, had congratulated Adityanath on this achievement.