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Samajwadi Party ‘gang of dacoits’, should apologise for ‘loot’ of Uttar Pradesh exchequer, says Adityanath

The chief minister said the Samajwadi Party and Congress ran a mafia-backed system and claimed the BJP has restored governance and security.

  • On Saturday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath laid foundation stones for 80 development projects worth more than ₹305 crore in Deoria, describing the Samajwadi Party as a "gang of dacoits."
  • Adityanath claimed the "sick mentality" of past SP-Congress governments caused over 50,000 encephalitis deaths across 40 years, with authorities remaining indifferent to the crisis in affected districts.
  • Uttar Pradesh has shed its "BIMARU" image, the Chief Minister stated, as mafias have been "reduced to dust" and the state now commands respect compared to its pre-2017 governance crisis.
  • Adityanath demanded Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav apologize for the "loot" of state funds, citing alleged corruption in the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre construction in Lucknow.
  • With assembly elections scheduled for early next year, the Bharatiya Janata Party seeks a third consecutive term while the Samajwadi Party aims to return to power after a decade.
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Deoria. He said that before 2017, the state had neither development, security, nor respect. Regarding the Jayaprakash Narayan International Center (JPNIC), Yogi alleged that despite spending ₹864 crore on a project initially estimated at ₹200 crore, work remains incomplete.

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India TV News broke the news in Noida, India on Saturday, August 29, 2026.
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