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Aligarh, Feb 2: Amit Shah, a senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister, criticised the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) governments for pushing Uttar Pradesh into the BIMARU state category on Wednesday, saying the “bua-bhatija governments are not healthy for UP.”
“The elections of 2014, 2017, 2019 have been the ones that changed the fate of Uttar Pradesh. The casteist governments of bua-bhatija could not do any good to UP; the state came under the the state came under the category of BIMARU state. The BJP government worked to bring about a change,” Shah said addressing a gathering at Atrauli.
BIMARU is an acronym made up of the first letters of the states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh in India. In the mid-1980s, Ashish Bose coined the phrase. BIMARU sounds similar to a Hindi term that means “ill.”
“The governments of bua-bhatija had closed down the lock factory of Aligarh. The BJP government promoted the lock industry under one district-one product. Now hundreds of lock manufacturing factories have started here again,” Shah said.
Notably, the first phase polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, the second phase on February 14, the third phase on February 20, the fourth phase on February 23, the fifth phase on February 27, the sixth phase on March 3 and the seventh phase on March 7. Counting of votes will take place on March 10.
Amit Shah slams SP, BSP, says 'Bua-Bhatija' govts pushed UP to BIMARU state category
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