Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday praised India's growing global stature under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and said indigenously developed BrahMos Missiles had taught Pakistan a "befitting lesson" during Operation Sindoor. Addressing a public event in Lalitpur, Adityanath claimed the missiles, manufactured in Uttar Pradesh, "forced Pakistan to cry for help and beg to save itself." The chief minister was speaking after inaugurating and laying the foundation stones for 221 development projects worth ₹1,766 crore.
He also announced that Uttar Pradesh's first pharma park would be established in Lalitpur. "All preparations have been made for the state's first pharma park," he said.
Referring to the recent US-Iran conflict, Adityanath said global fuel supplies had been disrupted but India did not face an energy crisis due to the efforts of the Modi government.
"During the US-Iran conflict, fuel supplies across the world were disrupted. Under Modi ji's leadership, steps were taken to ensure that the country did not face an energy crisis. Relief was provided to the people and inflation was also kept under control," he said.
"The BrahMos missiles are being made in Uttar Pradesh. When these missiles were used during Operation Sindoor, they gave such a crushing blow to Pakistan that it was forced to cry for help and beg to save itself. This is the strength of new India, and it is powered by Prime Minister Modi's leadership," Adityanath said.
He added that Uttar Pradesh, particularly the Bundelkhand region, had witnessed significant development under Modi's leadership.
Hitting out at the Samajwadi Party (SP), Adityanath claimed previous governments had neglected Lalitpur and lacked a vision for development.
"Today we are inaugurating and laying foundation stones for projects worth more than ₹1,500 crore here. The Samajwadi party was in power four times. Across all those terms combined, it would not have allocated ₹1,500 crore to Lalitpur. The Congress ruled for five decades, yet it too probably failed to provide that amount because it lacked a vision for development," he said.
"For us, the 25 crore people of Uttar Pradesh are like family. Ensuring their development, security and dignity is our responsibility, and we fulfil it with complete commitment," the chief minister said.
Targeting the opposition further, Adityanath said, "For Samajwadi Party, Saifai was the family. They could not look beyond Saifai. For the Congress, one family in Delhi was the nation itself. They too, could not look beyond it." He also accused the SP of patronising organised crime.
"They gave one mafia to every district, and those mafias acted as their henchmen. They indulged in illegal extortion, looted the hard-earned money of the people, carried out illegal mining and tree felling, engaged in cattle smuggling and turned Uttar Pradesh into a BIMARU (sick) state. They forced the youth of Bundelkhand to migrate, harassed women and deprived young people of employment opportunities," Adityanath alleged.
The chief minister also announced that a separate AYUSH pharma park would be set up in Uttar Pradesh at a later stage. Earlier in the day, Adityanath visited the revered Maa Baglamukhi Temple at Pitambara Peeth in Datia, Madhya Pradesh before travelling to Lalitpur.
Former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra received him at the Datia airstrip, following which the chief minister offered prayers at the temple.
At Pitambara Peeth, Adityanath offered prayers to Maa Baglamukhi and performed traditional rituals. He also performed jalabhishek at the Vankhandeshwar Mahadev Temple within the temple complex amid Vedic chants. He later travelled to Lalitpur to inaugurate and lay foundation stones for various development projects. On arrival, he offered prayers at the Tuvan Temple, where the temple priest, mahant and other dignitaries were present, according to a Uttar Pradesh government statement.
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