Lucknow, January 24: The Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday inaugurated the three-day Uttar Pradesh Day 2026 celebration at the Rashtriya Prerna Sthal (RPS) in Lucknow’s Basant Kunj Scheme.
On this occasion, Amit Shah called the opposition a nepotistic party and appealed to the people of Uttar Pradesh to once again form a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in 2027.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “I congratulate the people of Uttar Pradesh and extend my heartfelt best wishes. Today, we will reiterate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge that when we celebrate Independence Day in 2047, India will be developed. Uttar Pradesh is going to become the engine of a developed India. Our Uttar Pradesh government has transformed this place (Rashtra Prerna Sthal) from a heap of garbage to a golden one.”
Praising the work of the Yogi government, Amit Shah said that the Uttar Pradesh government is continuously working to provide jobs and connect youth with employment. Loans have been given to the youth. Today, a food fair is being held here. We would like to recall 2017. When the One District One Product (ODOP) initiative was discussed, the opposition questioned how this could be achieved. Today, under the leadership of our double-engine government, the ODOP scheme is giving districts across the country a new identity and providing employment. I congratulate the Yogi government on the One District One Food initiative.
The Home Minister said that at one time, Uttar Pradesh was considered a labor-supplying state and was known as a sick state. For the past three years, Uttar Pradesh has achieved a growth rate of 17 percent. All central government schemes are being implemented in Uttar Pradesh. The construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which the entire country had been waiting for, has also been completed. The Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj has spread Sanatan Dharma throughout the world. Data centers and semiconductor factories have been established in Uttar Pradesh. Before 2017, no one could have imagined this. Investment proposals worth 45 lakh crore rupees have been received. Proposals worth 15 lakh crore rupees have already been implemented. Today, Uttar Pradesh has progressed on every path of development. Law and order is maintained.
Shah said that the people of Uttar Pradesh made him win the 2014, 2019, and 2022 elections. Elections are next year. We appeal to the people of Uttar Pradesh to form a government with a landslide majority in 2027. These dynastic parties cannot do any good to the state; they focus on their own development. The double-engine government of Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has connected Uttar Pradesh with development. Every village is receiving at least 20 hours of electricity. In the upcoming elections, rise above casteism and re-establish the Bharatiya Janata Party government, which strives for the development of all, against dynastic parties.
On this occasion, the state government’s “One District, One Dish” scheme, modeled on the ODOP, was also launched. The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Industrial Area Scheme was also launched.
Uttar Pradesh was formerly known as the United Provinces. It was recognized as Uttar Pradesh on January 24, 1950.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, Union Minister of State for Finance and State BJP President Pankaj Chaudhary, Lucknow Mayor Sushma Kharwal, and other leaders were present at the event. Uttar Pradesh Day is being celebrated in every district of Uttar Pradesh. Events will be held for three days. Uttar Pradesh Day is also being celebrated in all states of the country and other countries.