Gorakhpur should be an eye-opener: CM Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow: In his first Independence Day speech, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday referred to the deaths of children in Gorakhpur and said that every such incident is an eye-opener.

The chief minister blamed the deaths on encephalitis. Mr Adityanath said Uttar Pradesh was a big state and that deaths were taking place due to diseases like encephalitis.

He said that such vector-borne diseases could be tackled with the Swachh Bharat mission “in which every citizen should participate”.

He also urged the young to do their bit to weed out corruption. The chief minister said that new policies will be initiated for the youth, who are migrating to metropolitan cities in search of employment opportunities.

“If Uttar Pradesh provides them with employment opportunities then the youth will not have to leave the state. We have also made radical changes in the field of education. We will provide uniform to children from every sector then children of farmers, labourers, and minorities will take the country forward”, he said.

He cited the first freedom struggle of 1857, and said that it was Uttar Pradesh that led the first war of Independence.

“Can we take the oath of devoting every moment of our lives in establishing a powerful India?” he asked.

The chief minister said that people must not forget that they have to work under the Constitution of the country, “To protect the borders of the country, our soldiers have left everything. We have to maintain their sacrifice,” he said.