Deoria: India is poised to become the world’s third-largest economy during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in Deoria on Sunday.
CM Yogi's remaks came while he was addressing the Nari Shakti Vandan programme held in Deoria where he said, "With India becoming the third-largest economy, the income of every individual in the country will rise, leading to enhanced prosperity in the lives of people."
During the programme, the UP CM inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 673 development projects worth Rs 679 crore, according to a report in PTI.
CM Yogi said the entire nation is committed to realising the vision of a "Viksit Bharat" (developed India), with widespread support for "Phir ek baar Modi sarkar".
While speaking in Gorakhpur, he said that the city will become a 'smart city' now and added that instead of India looking up to the world, not the world will learn from India and its cities.
"Gorakhpur will emerge as a 'smart city' now. PM Modi's vision was that both our country and cities should become ‘smart'. So that we don't have to look up to the world, instead the world learns from our country and cities," CM Yogi said while inaugurating several development projects in Gorakhpur.
He also expressed confidence that the NDA would secure more than 400 hundred seats in the Lok Sabha elections.
He further said the dream of having Ram Lalla seated in the grand temple in Ayodhya, cherished by our ancestors, has finally come true.
“The Congress and the SP governments would never have been able to accomplish this task (Ram temple construction). Double engine government means the development of the state and the country while honouring our heritage,” he said.
The chief minister said after the double engine government came to power in the state, efforts were initiated to revive the Pipraich and Munderwa sugar mills.
"Additionally, our government is going to start a college of the Agricultural University being built in Kushinagar in Deoria. The land of nature, God and sages will no longer lag," he said.
Adityanath said that in Deoria, 17,358 poor families have been provided houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural), 1,389 poor families have been given houses under the Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana and 24,000 poor families have been given houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), as per PTI.
Prior to the event, he inaugurated and visited an exhibition showcasing ODOP (one district one product).
The chief minister also distributed house keys, approval letters, Ayushman cards and smartphones to the beneficiaries of various government schemes.