GORAKHPUR: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday paid floral tributes at the statue of Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya at DDU Gorakhpur University on his birth anniversary. He said that since the last seven years, Upadhyaya’s dream of ensuring the reach of the benefits of welfare schemes to the most deprived persons of the society is coming true under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“The inspiration behind Antyodaya Anna Yojana and many other public welfare schemes implemented in the country to benefit the most underprivileged people of the country is Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayaya. He was very clear that the base of any welfare scheme shouldn’t be rich and prosperous people but the last man of society. Now, his dream is coming true,” said the chief minister.
Praising the welfare schemes brought and implemented by the PM, Yogi said, “PM Modi ran many welfare schemes in the country such as house and toilet for every poor family, free LPG gas connection to poor women, and health cover up to Rs 5 lakh under Ayushman scheme. The benefits of such schemes are not given after looking at the religion, caste, area and face of people. People are being benefited without any kind of discrimination. The Central and the UP governments are trying to attain the goal of empowering the most deprived and bringing happiness in their lives.”
Yogi said that many programmes in the aftermath of the outbreak of Covid-19—the time that saw more deaths due to hunger than disease—are testimony to the humane and welfare-oriented approach of the government. “Free ration scheme is one such example and the entire world has seen it. Around 80 crore people in the country and 15 crore in the state benefited from it,” he said.
“Pt Deen Dayal Updhyaya defined the humane face of the government in 1950. It seems that the then government didn’t take it seriously, but his dream is being fulfilled after seven decades under the leadership of PM Modi,” he added.
