Rain harvesting is good for boosting agriculture and water resources both: CM Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath pitches for rain harvesting

TNN & Agencies | Lucknow, Apr 10, 2017

The clearance for construction of a house in Uttar Pradesh will be given only if there is a provision of rainwater harvesting facility in the map.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath+ , while going through the presentations of the Urban Development Department which went on till late last night, directed officials that provisions should be made that a map of a house is passed only if it has the rainwater harvesting facility mentioned.

Expressing concerns over the depleting groundwater level, he suggested rainwater harvesting as a remedial measure.

The chief minister+ said that the intention of his government is to ensure that people of the state do not face shortage of drinking water.

He directed the UP jal nigam officials to ensure that the benefits of various government schemes reach to the doorsteps of the needy. The CM, during the meeting, instructed the officials to ensure that drinking water is available at all places, and if needed, then the handpumps may be bored again.

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Courtesy: TOI.

Not singing Vande Mataram is serious issue : Yogi Adityanath.

Not singing Vande Mataram is serious issue, it only highlights one's prejudiced mind: Yogi Adityanath

Zee Media Bureau | Lucknow, April 10, 2017

UP CM Yogi Adityanath breaking his silence for the first time on singing of 

Vande Matram issue said that people are extending this issue for no reason.

Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that not singing the National Song is a 

serious issue, adding that by doing so it only highlighted one's prejudice.

Adityanath breaking his silence for the first time on this issue said that 

people are extending this issue for no reason.

"We want to see development in this country, but our issue of conflict is 

over  not singing the National Anthem and National song. Not singing 

Vande  Mataram shows a prejudiced mind. This is a matter of concern," 

Aditynath said at the book unveiling function of 'Governor's guide' here.

The chief minister's comments come after a controversy has erupted 

over singing Vande Mataram in Varanasi and Meerut Municipal 

corporations.

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Courtesy: Zee News.

Nothing wrong in Hindu Rashtra concept: UP CM Yogi Adityanath.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath says nothing wrong with Hindu Rashtra concept, BJP defends him.

HT Media | Lucknow | April  6, 2017:: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath endorsed the Hindu Rashtra theory on Thursday, saying there’s nothing wrong with such a move if that serves the interests of the people and country.

Right-wing groups led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have been pitching to make India a Hindu nation, a hugely debatable topic in a constitutionally secular country of 1.2 billion people of different faiths.

“Hindu Rashtra ki awadharna kahin galat nahi hai … desh ki full bench ki Supreme Court ne iss par apna aadesh jaari kiya hai yeh. Hindutva koi mat, koi majhab ya upasana vidhi nahi hai. Balki it’s a way of life (There is nothing wrong in the Hindu Rashtra concept. The Supreme Court has defined Hinduism as a way of life.),” monk-politician Adityanath said in an interview to Doordarshan.

[In a free-wheeling and frank chat with DD News’ Ritu Verma, Adityanath spoke on a range of issues related to his nearly 60 snappy decisions related to BJP election manifesto encompassing loan-waiver for farmers, illegal slaughter  ban, security for girls and women and development of UP; within a span of 18 days since he assumed office. -Ed. HE].

He said no one should have a problem in accepting a Hindu nation if such a move helped people live a better life and brought joy to them.

The BJP defended Yogi’s remarks saying that the chief minister had not said anything wrong.

“For far too long we have been pseudo-seculars who frowned upon anything that is Hindu. What’s wrong in the CM’s statement? He said that he would follow the path of peace and progress. Hinduism has always stood for peace,” state BJP general secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak said.

Adityanath, a five-term parliamentarian and head priest of Gorakhnath mutt in Gorakhpur, was appointed chief minister last month after the BJP won an unprecedented 325 seats with its allies in the February-March assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

“Main kisi ke mooh par tape nahi laga sakta … mujhe jo karna hai pradesh ke hit main kaam karna hai (I can’t shut people up. I will continue to work for the people.),” he said, responding to a query on negative reports in international media about his image of being a champion of Hindutva.

“My guide is the Modi government at the Centre. It’s my inspiration. I will follow that.”

His Hindu Rashtra line underscores the views of the RSS, the BJP’s ideological mentor.

The Sangh, however, explains that its Hindu nation theory has more to do with the country’s name Hindustan — a far-reaching social movement, rather than a restricted religious concept.

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Courtesy: HINDU EXISTENCE.

PWD, Prisons and Previous govt: Prime focus of Yogi Adityanath.

PWD, prisons and previous government focus of Yogi Adityanath

Aman Sharma| ET Bureau | New Delhi,  Apr 3, 2017

The two-week old Yogi Adityanath government has lost no time in getting down to the brass tacks by initiating a crackdown of the three infamous departments of Uttar Pradesh –– the Public Works Department (PWD), Prisons Department and the big-ticket projects of former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.

All contracts in the corruption-prone PWD, even those below Rs 1 crore in value, will be executed through e-tenders and party MLAs have been prohibited from running any contracting side-business. Deputy chief minister Keshav Maurya is handling the PWD department which was earlier held by Shivpal Yadav.

The chief minister has also ordered a judicial probe into Yadav’s show-piece –– the Gomti river front project –– which is expected to bring the heat upon the previous dispensation. Yogi is said to be furious on learning that Rs 50 crore had been spent on installing fountains in the Gomti river while no effort had been made to clean the river and stop sewage flow into it.

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Want to be a member of Adityanath’s Hindu Yuva Vahini? Get ready for background checks.

Yogi’s Hindu Yuva Vahini sets tough norms for new membership.

Online Membership:http://www.hinduyuvavahini.in/humse.aspx

Aman Sharma | ET Bureau | New Delhi | Apr 3, 2017:: The Hindu Yuva Vahini, the organisation established by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, will be closely vetting new applications for membership in order to safeguard its reputation.

Apart from having to submit Aadhaar and voter ID details, applicants will go through a detailed background check that may take about six months.

There’s been a rush of people looking to enrol, given the group’s proximity to the new chief minister. “Be very careful before inducting any new members into the organisation,” says a note posted on the Hindu Yuva Vahini website. “Lots of people could be trying to join Hindu Yuva Vahini as part of a plot to defame the organisation.” Adityanath, who founded the group in 2002, is its Mukhya Sanrakshak or chief patron.

“There is renewed interest in Hindu Yuva Vahini amongst people in UP and other states,” said Raghvendra Pratap Singh, state chief of the Hindu Yuva Vahini. “But we are alive to the fact that many people want to join us just to spoil our image. We do not want any mafia or criminal elements to join us. Hence, we will subject people to complete background checks.”

Singh, also MLA from Domariyaganj, is a close aide of the chief minister. All applications for membership have to be made online with personal information along with scanned copies of Aadhaar and voter ID cards. Membership will be granted after “detailed background checks and looking at the activities of the member for six months,” said Singh.

Previously, those looking to join could pay Rs 101 or Rs 11 to become permanent or active members, respectively, at the outfit’s district, block or panchayat level office.

Read also:: Adityanath’s army: Hindu Yuva Vahini gets set for Hindutva agenda in Uttar Pradesh.

Toward that end, even if a person is inducted into the Hindu Yuva Vahini after clearing checks, he will be closely monitored for another six months before being considered for any post, Singh said.

“Hindu Yuva Vahini has a constitution, as per which membership can be cancelled if one is convicted in any cognisable offence by a court,” he said. The outfit aims to re-establish Hindu religion and culture, seek a complete ban on cow slaughter and re-conversion to the Hindu faith by consensus.

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Courtesy: HINDU EXISTENCE.

Being CM, Bigger Responsibility Resumed: CM Adityanath.

Yogi Adityanath Reminds People Of 'Certain Responsibilities' In Gorakhpur.

 Kamal Khan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | NDTV, March 26, 2017, New Delhi

At a shelter built for cows in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sent a veiled warning to the people who sent him to Parliament for five consecutive times that they had "certain responsibilities" and needed to progress towards development. The words were yet another emphasis on the message of "discrimination towards none and development for all" that Yogi Adityanath -- seen for years as the BJP's mascot of Hindutva -- has been sending out since he was picked for the state's top job.

"The people of Gorakhpur have elected me repeatedly. However, the people have certain responsibilities too," the Chief Minister said in what was seen as a message advising restraint to his supporters. "There will be no discrimination with anyone... society will develop along with everyone. We all will progress toward a new development together," he added.

Yesterday, on his first visit to the place that has been his home since his teens, he had said, Josh mein aake hosh nahi khona chahiye" (Don't get carried away by the victory)". The priest-turned politician had pointed out that any move seen as an excess will be used by the opposition parties to scuttle Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development agenda.  

Gorakhpur has been the stronghold of the saffron-robed priest, who had taken charge of the huge temple and its charitable activities while in his 20s. But he and his followers have often been in news over various controversies. Yesterday, Yogi  Adityanath delivered a strong message that said now all will be treated as equals -- no distinction will be made on basis of "jaati" (caste), "mazhab" (religion) or "ling" (gender).

"There will be development for all but appeasement of none," he had said, in a dig at the erstwhile Samajwadi Party government, who were often accused of appeasing the minorities.

The Chief Minister -- for whom a visit to Gorakhpur temple's "gaushala" or cowsheds was a part of morning rituals -- has already asked the police to crack down on illegal slaughterhouses.

While the promise to shut illegal slaughterhouses was one made in the BJP manifesto, the overzealousness of the police had resulted in focus on all abattoirs, some of which got sealed on grounds as varied as lack of permit to draw groundwater and dysfunctional CCTV cameras.

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Courtesy: NDTV.

Patrons of Criminal may leave Uttar Pradesh: CM Adityanath Yogi.

Those who give patronage to criminals have the option of leaving UP, warns CM Adityanath.

PTI | Mar 26, 2017, Gorakhpur

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister AdityanathYogi on Sunday urged the people help him break the negative image of the state and hinted at strong measures to ensure law and order.

"For the past few years Uttar Pradesh has been defined as a state from whose boundaries begins darkness, from where the pot-holed roads begin and the place from where the women start to feel insecure. I was to break this mindset," he said, and added that he wants to make UP a place, where women feel safe and secure.

Adityanath said, "I would like to assure that in the next two months, people would come to know how a state government should work. I have got an opportunity to clean-up the mess (kachdaa saaf karne kaa maukaa milaa hai), and I will do it."

The UP chief minister gave out a stern message to the anti-social elements and criminals in the state.

"There is no place for those who give patronage to the goonda elements, mafia, criminal and other rogue elements. They have the option of leaving UP or else they would land in places designated for them (jails)," he said, while hinting at massive revamping of law and order.

Underscoring the need for improved work culture, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister also said people who were prepared to work for 18-20 hours a day are "most welcome" to join him, the rest are free to leave.

"Time has come that we should work 18-20 hours a day. There no time for any entertainment (mauj masti)," he said.

Read details here.

Courtesy: TOI.