LUCKNOW: BSP chief Mayawati said that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is the only party that has come to power four times in a big state like UP by working on the principles of Gautam Buddha of "sarvajan hitaay, sarvajan sukhaay".
She extended greetings to the followers of Gautam Buddha on the occasion of Buddha Purnima on Monday and said that the BSP government has named many institutes, parks and buildings under Buddha's name. A world-level Gautambudh university has been established in a 511 acre area in Gautambudh Nagar district so that a high-quality education could be provided to Dalits and deprived sections of people.
Development of Buddha international circuit, construction of airstrip and guest house in Kapilvastu and Baudh Vihar Shanti Upvan in Lucknow were done by the BSP government which uplifted the image of Uttar Pradesh and gave a boost to global tourism.
The establishment of Gautambudh Nagar and Mahamaya nagar on May 6, 1997, district Shravasti on May 25, 1997, district Kaushambi on April 4, 1997 and renaming of district Padrauna as Kushinagar on may 22, 1997 were other initiatives of the BSP government.
The BSP government launched the Dr Ambedkar Gramsabha Samagra Vikas Yojna for the development of villages on 18 parameters. "The opponents did not approve of the scheme and it's implementation suffered in the later years," she said.
