Yogi Adityanath started his second time period as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh a lot the identical approach as he ended his first. Riding a bulldozer, that’s, metaphorically talking at the very least. The ‘bulldozer baba’ picture fetched wealthy returns on the hustings, and the chief minister is set to hold that impression into his second innings as effectively—of a tenacious administrator bent on taking down unlawful constructions and corruption.
Yogi Adityanath started his second time period as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh a lot the identical approach as he ended his first. Riding a bulldozer, that’s, metaphorically talking at the very least. The ‘bulldozer baba’ picture fetched wealthy returns on the hustings, and the chief minister is set to hold that impression into his second innings as effectively—of a tenacious administrator bent on taking down unlawful constructions and corruption.
Yogi launched his ‘war on corruption’ inside 10 days of taking oath on March 25. Two district magistrates—T.Okay. Shibu in Sonbhadra and Sunil Kumar in Auraiya— in addition to Ghaziabad SSP Pawan Kumar have been suspended for corruption and laxity throughout ballot obligation on April 1, April 4 and March 31, respectively.
To ship the message that nobody concerned in crime might be spared, a constructing allegedly belonging to police inspector Jagat Narayan Singh was razed by the Lucknow Development Authority on April 3. Singh is presently lodged in Tihar Jail in Delhi in reference to the homicide of Kanpurbased property supplier Manish Gupta. Singh was SHO of Ramgarh station in Gorakhpur when the homicide happened there on September 28 final yr.
The ‘fear of Yogi’ additionally apparently had Gautam Singh, a history-sheeter concerned in a number of instances of kidnapping and extortion, surrendering on the Chapla police station in Gonda on March 15, a number of days after the BJP’s win within the state. Over two dozen criminals surrendered the identical day in Saharanpur too. Liquor smugglers have performed so in Deoband and Shamli. In Pratapgarh, a rape accused gave himself up days after he allegedly dedicated the crime. The police parked a bulldozer exterior his home and had threatened to raze it if he didn’t give up.
“In the past two and a half years,” says Prashant Kumar, ADG, regulation & order, UP, “property worth Rs 2,000 crore owned by the mafia and other criminal elements has been seized or demolished. Most of UP’s top criminals are in jail. In the next 100 days, we will identify more criminals involved in organised crime.”
To allay any misapprehension of the bulldozer turning into a logo of oppression, Kumar provides, “Instructions have come that bulldozers should not be misused. They have been used to demolish illegal constructions, including on government properties. All judicial processes are completed before demolition.”
The opposition, although, is unconvinced. Yogi’s preoccupation with the bulldozer, says Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, is pushing the state into anarchy and jungle raj. “With his hand on the bulldozer steering, the CM is chasing the Opposition while criminals, protected by the powers that be, are wreaking havoc.”
“Instructions have come that bulldozers should not be misused. They will be used to demolish illegal constructions, including on govt properties and land”
– Prashant Kumar ADG, regulation & order, UP
Unperturbed by the criticism, Yogi is pondering of extending the police commissionerate system—the place a commissioner of police heads a unified command construction— he had launched in Lucknow, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Varanasi and Kanpur in his earlier time period to your entire state. Meerut and Ghaziabad districts are prone to be subsequent, and Prayagraj and Gorakhpur after that. Meanwhile, 14 IPS officers have been transferred, both to tackle contemporary duty or a further one.
The forms, too, is being hauled up. In a bid to implement the residents’ constitution—a mechanism for swift disposal of functions and public grievances—a tweet by the CM urged officers to not sit on a file for greater than three days, failing which the request could be granted or cancelled and the involved official held accountable. The CM can be insisting on punctuality and urging officers to not go for prolonged lunch breaks.
HIGH ON ACTION
Yogi can be spurring his cabinet colleagues into motion, asking them to submit their motion plans for the primary 100 days of governance. He additionally desires them to spend at the very least a day within the districts assigned to them to evaluate the progress and implementation of improvement works and authorities schemes, and tune in to the issues of the folks and partymen. He has additionally requested them to submit proposals and set targets to draw investments, in addition to create job alternatives and enhance infrastructure within the state.
At the groundbreaking ceremony for a second buyers’ summit (the primary was in 2018) in Lucknow in July, UP authorities officers mentioned they have been hoping to draw Rs 10 lakh crore in investments. The first buyers’ summit noticed 1,065 MoUs value Rs 4.65 lakh crore being signed.
Several new areas of funding, be it drone manufacturing or cryptocurrency, are being explored. The excise division has proposed organising a brand new vineyard within the state. The secondary schooling division has mentioned that 84 new faculties will start operations, and 1,060 faculties could have good courses. And if earlier governments have been distributing cycles to college students, the brand new proposals improve the mode of transport to scooties for meritorious lady college students. The Yogi authorities can be planning a brand new sports activities coverage whereas the sports activities division is considering an modification to guidelines to permit sportspersons to affix straight as gazetted officers.
The Yogi authorities would really like all proposals being drafted to maintain employment technology in thoughts. The CM has instructed all service choice boards to supply authorities jobs to 10,000 youths within the state within the subsequent 100 days. These choice boards are required to coordinate with the state house division earlier than conducting recruitment exams, given the latest uproar over dishonest, leaks and cancellations or change in standards in these checks.
“Ration and sakht shaasan (a strict regime) helped the BJP win a majority,” says an official within the CM’s workplace. Accordingly, the Yogi authorities has prolonged the federal government’s free ration scheme for one more three months.
ONE FOR THE WOMEN
Women’s safety is one other space of focus in Yogi 2.0. The authorities has began a Mission Shakti Project for the safety, security and empowerment of girls. “We have almost 10,000 female beat constables dedicated to women’s safety, and there are women help desks in every police station. We also plan to have three more Mahila battalions in the state,” says ADG Kumar. These particular battalions for ladies are meant not solely to battle crimes in opposition to ladies but additionally guarantee their security on the roads.
To ‘safeguard collegegoing girls and check eveteasing’, the Yogi authorities can be planning to revive its controversial antiRomeo squads. Each such squad could have 24 policepersons, together with one feminine, and might be stationed round colleges and faculties, the place the focus of girls is prone to be better. The UP house division has additionally determined to arrange a brand new STF (particular job drive) unit in Ayodhya to make sure punishment for some 1,000 accused underneath the Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act.
TEMPLE RUN
Ayodhya will proceed to be a ardour challenge for the CM in his second time period. The tradition division is planning to determine land for a Ramayan University within the temple city apart from dedicating the brand new Sant Kabir Research Academy’s new constructing in Maghar to the general public. Work on the 84 Kosi Parikrama Marg, which hyperlinks all of the locations related to Lord Rama, can even begin quickly. Among different temple initiatives, the tourism division plans to begin the renovation of the gate and drainage across the Gorakhnath temple.
With 100 issues deliberate for the primary hundred days of his authorities, what number of will Yogi Adityanath be capable to really ship? That’s a verdict for one more day.