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Uttar Pradesh, Feb 3: Claiming success in controlling crime in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday accused his predecessors of failing to undertake police reforms and said they wanted to use the department as their "personal tool".
He alleged that the Samajwadi Party (SP), which was in power from 2012 to 2017 in the state, only "usurped money" in the garb of building graveyards.
The chief minister also claimed that the state was free of riots and terrorist activities for five years and that Uttar Pradesh had now become the preferred destination for investors.
Giving out details on the number of riots in the previous Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) governments, Adityanath said, "In BSP regime (2007-2012), there were 364 riots. During the SP tenure (2012-2017), there were over 700 big riots in which hundreds were killed.
"Since 2017, no riots have taken place in the state. Yet, the government isn't quiet. We are building an Anti-Terrorism Squad Centre at sensitive places in view of national security," he said at a press conference here.
Comparing the Samajwadi Party government in 2016-2017 with his regime in 2020-2021 using the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, the chief minister said cases of dacoity came down by 58 per cent, loot by 64 per cent, murder by 23 per cent, kidnapping by 53 per cent, dowry killing by eight per cent and rape by 43 per cent. |
