Purvanchal Expressway: Previous govts reduced eastern UP to ‘mafiawaad’ & poverty, BJP govt ensuring its development: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a blistering assault on opposition events and stated the earlier governments in Uttar Pradesh led by them lowered the state’s important jap half to “mafiawaad” and poverty, however the BJP authorities is now writing a brand new chapter of growth. The prime minister was addressing a rally in Sultanpur after inaugurating the 341-km lengthy Purvanchal Expressway.

He stated that growth below earlier chief ministers was restricted to locations the place they’d houses and households, however the current regime is giving fruits of developments to the jap area nearly as good as to the western a part of Uttar Pradesh.

The earlier governments lowered the important jap a part of the state to “mafiawaad” and poverty, however the BJP authorities is now writing a brand new chapter of growth, he stated.

The prime minister stated the six-lane expressway will function the lifeline of the jap area and provides a giant push to financial growth of the area and the state.

The state goes to meeting polls early subsequent 12 months.

The 341-km expressway hyperlinks state capital Lucknow with Ghazipur and has been constructed at an estimated value of Rs 22,500 crore.

Modi landed on the Purvanchal Expressway airstrip in a army transport plane.

The three.2-km airstrip has been constructed on the expressway to facilitate emergency touchdown of fighter plane.