Will build Agra museum dedicated to Chhatrapati Shivaji by year-end: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has criticised the previous Samajwadi Party government over its plan to build a museum dedicated to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has criticised the previous Samajwadi Party government over its plan to build a museum dedicated to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Agra, and said his government will instead complete a grand museum in the name of Chhatrapati Shivaji by the end of this year. He said public money would not be used for a museum named after “an invader”. Read Full Story Speaking at a function where he inaugurated and laid the foundation for 53 development projects worth more than Rs 342 crore, Adityanath also said the government had approved the acquisition of the ‘kothi’ (residence) in Agra where Shivaji had stayed. He also spoke about infrastructure, industry, tourism and farmer-related measures in Agra, while attacking the Samajwadi Party and Congress over governance and law and order. Addressing the gathering, Adityanath said, “In Agra, the city where Chhatrapati Shivaji displayed his valour, the Samajwadi Party government was building a Mughal museum. Public funds would not be used for a museum named after an invader; instead, a museum would be constructed in the name of India’s national heroes.” He said construction of the Shivaji museum would be completed by the end of this year. He added, “We have also approved the acquisition of the ‘kothi’ in Agra where Chhatrapati Shivaji had stayed.” Targeting the Samajwadi Party, Adityanath said it had remained focused on its own development.
“Public funds became a medium for the ‘Saifai Syndicate’ to engage in loot. Whether it was stealing job opportunities meant for the youth, misappropriating welfare schemes intended for the poor, or the sinful act of snatching away the prosperity of our farmers, the Samajwadi Party and before them, the Congress, committed these sins,” he said. He said the impact of this was that the state’s youth faced an identity crisis, farmers were driven to suicide, and daughters and traders lived in insecurity. In an apparent jibe at former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, he said, “Only God save a state where its chief minister would wake up at 12 noon, get ready by 2 pm, head to the gym at 5 pm, and enjoy spending the time after 7 pm with his circle of friends.” Adityanath said this was why a mafia figure had emerged in every district and every police station and tehsil had effectively gone into the hands of goons. “Anarchy, curfews, and the rule of criminals and the mafia once plagued the state. The picture of Uttar Pradesh you see today represents a system free from all that. Today, there are no curfews or riots. Everything is truly well here,” he said. On Agra’s development, he said, “We have already taken steps to establish an international airport in Agra.
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