Uttar Pradesh Highlights: PM opens Purvanchal Expressway, says previous govts reduced eastern UP to poverty, mafia rule

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 341-km Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh after landing on the highway airstrip in an IAF C-130 Hercules plane. The 3.2-km airstrip has been constructed on the expressway to facilitate the emergency landing of fighter aircraft. From the airstrip venue, the prime minister will witness an air show by different aircraft.

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After flying in a military aircraft and landing on the Purvanchal Expressway, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead “Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv” celebration in Uttar Pradesh later this week, as his party appeared to be making national security as one of its main poll planks ahead of the forthcoming assembly elections.

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Claiming that the foundation stone for the Purvanchal Expressway had been laid during their regime and that the BJP government was trying to take credit for the same, the Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders 'inaugurated' the Expressway symbolically around the same time when prime minister Narendra Modi launched it at Sultanpur.

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Akhilesh troubled that Purvanchal Expressway ready without any corruption: BJP

Rejecting Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's allegation of poor quality of work on the Purvanchal Expressway, the Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP on Tuesday said he is troubled by the fact that the 341-km road is ready without corruption of even Re 1.

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Akhilesh troubled that Purvanchal Expressway ready without any corruption: BJP

Rejecting Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's allegation of poor quality of work on the Purvanchal Expressway, the Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP on Tuesday said he is troubled by the fact that the 341-km road is ready without corruption of even Re 1.

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PM Modi to witness 45-minute IAF air show shortly

Purvanchal Expressway. Credit: Twitter/@narendramodi

"I initiated a lot of projects for UP. Poor were given pucca houses, toilets were ensure in their houses so that women don't need to step out to relieve themselves, that every house should have electricity - a lot of such things were necessary to be taken up here

"But I'm pained that the then UP govt didn't cooperate. They were also scared of upsetting their vote banks by standing beside me in public. I used to come as an MP, they used to disappear after receiving me at airport. They were ashamed as they had nothing to show as work," he added.

The roar of these aircraft will also be for the people who ignored the defence infrastructure of the nation for decades: PM Narendra Modi

Country's security is as important as its prosperity. In a short while from now, we will see that how Purvanchal Expressway has now become one more power for the Indian Air Force in cases of emergency. Our fighter plane will land on the expressway shortly: PM Narendra Modi

(ANI)

Might've spent over Rs 22,000 crore on the expressway but it will attract many opportunities worth lakhs of crores of rupees in the future: PM

Travelling between Delhi-Bihar will get also easier: PM Modi

For the previous Chief Ministers, development was limited to where his house was. But today, as much as the West is asking, it is also a priority for Purvanchal. Purvanchal Expressway is bridging this gap in UP today, connecting UP: PM

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated India's longest operational expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Purvanchal.

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Who can forget how many power cuts used to take place earlier in UP. Who can forget what was the law and order situation in UP? Who can forget what was the status of medical facilities in UP. In UP, things were created in such a way that there was no road, there was only dacoity: PM

Before the Prime Minister, SP workers inaugurated Purvanchal Expressway.

(IANS)

For the all-round development of the country, the balanced development of the country is equally important. Some areas marching ahead in the race of development and some areas lagging decades behind isn't right for any country: PM inaugurates Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur

Previous governments pushed UP into poverty: PM Modi

Those who have any doubt on capabilities of UP, on capabilities of people of UP should come to Sultanpur today to witness their capability. Such a modern expressway has now come up where it was just a piece of land 3-4 years back: PM Modi

Purvanchal Expressway UP's pride, says PM Modi; hails 'karm-yogi' Adityanath govt

'UP now express UP': PM Modi addresses Purvanchal Expressway inaugural event in Bhojpuri

Watch PM Modi live from Sultanpur here

PM Modi inaugurates 341-km-long Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur

PM Modi lands in Sultanpur, to inaugurate Purvanchal Expressway shortly

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at CAG office. He is there to take part in the programme to mark the first Audit Diwas.

(ANI)

Samajwadi Party to 'symbolically' inaugurate Purvanchal Expressway

After being denied permission to take out a 'Vijay Yatra' from Ghazipur to Azamgarh on Tuesday, the Samajwadi Party (SP) has said that it will "symbolically" inaugurate the Purvanchal Expressway by showering flower petals on it.

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Take credit for Ram temple too: BJP's jibe at Akhilesh Yadav after his remarks on Expressway

The BJP on Monday dismissed as "lies" Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's claims on the Purvanchal Expressway project.

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Law and order has collapsed in UP: Samajwadi Party leader

Samajwadi Party leader Abhishek Mishra criticised the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh for the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

He claimed that custodial deaths are taking place in the state and the public was afraid of approaching the police.

Mishra stressed the SP's main priority if elected to power in Uttar Pradesh next year would be to control the failing law and order situation and focus on providing job opportunities. (PTI)

Will change back names of districts, says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has said that when his party comes to power, he would change back the names of various districts.

"Even before the paint on the new name dries up, we will be back and will revert to the original name," he said at a press conference here on Monday.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday had suggested that Azamgarh, which is Akhilesh Yadav's parliamentary constituency, could be changed to Aryamgarh.