Lucknow, Mar 19 (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh government will work for balanced development of all sections "without discrimination", Chief Minister Adityanath today said and listed law and order, security of women among his top priorities.
In his first interaction with mediapersons after taking over, Adityanath said that his government will follow the 'sabka saath sabka vikas' (With all, development for all) agenda in serving the state.
"Our government will work for all sections of the society without any discrimination. We will ensure balanced development of UP," Adityanath said.
He accused past governments of being responsible for the sorry state of affairs in Uttar Pradesh.
"In the past 15 years, UP lagged in the race for development as previous governments indulged in corruption, nepotism and failed on the law and order front due to which people were affected," he said.
Effective measures will be taken by our government for welfare of common man, he added.
"The administration will be made sensible and answerable and emphasis will be on law and order," Adityanath said.
Women's empowerment, their security and honour will also be on top of the BJP government agenda, the chief minister added.
He stressed that work would be done to make development agriculture-based as it is main source of income for people.
"We will focus on skill development of youth so that they can get job opportunities. Government appointments will be made corruption free and transparent. Investment will be promoted for industrial and economic development," Adityanath said.
"I want to assure people that BJP got votes for development and security and we will show positive results soon," he said.
The choice of the fiery hindutva mascot as chief minister had led to some apprehensions but Adityanath has emphasised that he would follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'sabka saath, sabka vikas' slogan.
Earlier report
Yogi Adityanath sworn in as UP's 21st CM in presence of PM Modi
Lucknow, Mar 19 (PTI): Priest-turned politician and controversial mascot of hardline Hindutva, Yogi Adityanath was today sworn in as the 21st chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and the fourth from the saffron party, ending a 15-year hiatus.
BJP state unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and party's national vice president Dinesh Sharma were sworn in as cabinet ministers by Governor Ram Naik at a grand ceremony at Kanshiram Smriti Upvan here.
They will assist 44-year-old Adityanath as as deputy chief ministers. Interestingly, none of the three is a legislator in UP.
The five-term MP from Gorakhpur, who lacks administrative experience, was yesterday unanimously elected the BJP legislature party leader at a meeting of the newly elected MLAs, in a move that took many by surprise.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP chief Amit Shah and party veteran L K Advani were present at the ceremony, which was also attended by outgoing chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav. Several BJP chief ministers also attended the function.
The elevation of Adityanath, who has chequered rapport with the BJP leadership, has left many puzzled, with political circles abuzz with talk of the RSS having prevailed over the party in deciding the chief minister.
Swami Prasad Maurya, Satish Mahana, Rajesh Agarwal Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Satyadev Pachauri, Ramapati Shastri, Jay Pratap Singh, Om Prakash Rajbhar, Brajesh Pathak, Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary, Siddharth Nath Singh, Mukut Bihari Verma and Ashutosh Tandon also sworn in as Cabinet Ministers in the Uttar Pradesh Government.