In four years, over 42 lakh poor people in Uttar Pradesh have got houses, according to the state’s chief minister, Yogi Adityanath.

In a direct attack on the opposition, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath stated on Wednesday that past governments in the state never prioritized the poor, women, farmers, or youngsters and that this is supported by hard facts.

Only 53 lakh dwellings could be supplied to the poor in the previous 30 years, Yogi remarked while giving keys to 5.41 lakh PM Awas Yojana (PMAY) and CM Awas Yojana (CM Awas Yojana) beneficiaries (CMAY).

In contrast, he said that the BJP administration supplied 41.73 lakh homes in rural and urban regions in four years, a record. “It was only after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014 that the poor were linked to different government programmes without regard for caste, region, or religion,” said Yogi, who also met with recipients from Ayodhya, Varanasi, Rae Bareli, Bahraich, and Kushinagar.

According to him, many were unable to get the whole amount under the PMAY plan. “Previously, there existed corruption and discrimination,” Yogi added, emphasizing that Jan Dhan accounts created in banks in accordance with PM Modi’s instructions closed leakages and ensured that the poor received the whole amount.

The CM questioned recipients if they had got benefits from other programmes, like as Ujjwala, Saubhagya, and Ayushman. The CM insisted that the residences supplied to the needy under PMAY and CMAY were part of the BJP government’s pro-people agenda at the federal and state levels. Yogi praised the Lakhimpur Kheri government for supporting the “cluster method,” under which the poor were supplied with dwellings and amenities including as electricity and piped drinking water in a township-like environment in Landanpur village.

“Previously, nepotism and casteism stifled progress. However, when the people elect a decent administration, benefits from programmes reach every poor person,” Yogi said. He said that the state government was pleased that 70% of PMAY’s owners were women, bringing them closer to PM Modi’s aim of making women “atmanirbhar” (self-reliant).

Yogi has pushed for the collaboration of economically sound rural households and the state government in order to improve village infrastructure. “People should not be completely reliant on the government. Instead, they should assist in bringing socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals into the mainstream,” he said.