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Congress resposnible for lack of development in North East: Yogi Adityanath
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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 06:55 PM IST
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Adityanath said the northeast looked for development under the successive Congress governments. But no development took place as progress was not on their agenda.
Adityanath also referred to US President Joe Biden appreciating Modi for effectively handling the COVID-19 pandemic in India, vaccinating its citizens and also sending vaccines to friendly countries.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday held Congress responsible for lack of development and illegal influx in the North East and rise of militancy in Kashmir in its quest for power. Addressing a poll campaign rally here, the senior BJP leader charged the Congress, the main opposition party in Assam, of ignoring the people s welfare and development of the region in its quest for power.
UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath during an election campaign rally ahead of the Assam assembly polls at Rangia in Kamrup district on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: With the Congress-led mahajoth (grand alliance) emerging as the BJP’s main rival in Assam, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday came down heavily on the party and heaped praises on the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. Chanting “Jai Shri Ram”, he said no work in the country could be done without the name of Lord Ram.
Addressing an election rally in Hojai, the UP chief minister accused the Congress responsible for lack of development and illegal influx in the Northeast and rise of militancy in Kashmir in its quest for power.
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Even with higher penetration, only half of urban slum households use LPG exclusively
Even with higher penetration, only half of urban slum households use LPG exclusively
Last Updated: Wed, Mar 17th, 2021, 12:18:50hrs
New Delhi: Even as government claims to have taken cooking gas penetration in the country to over 99 per cent of households, an independent study on the usage of the LPG shows that very few households, even in urban areas, use the cleaner fuel in their kitchen.
According to a recently released independent study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), only half of the urban slum households in the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, use LPG exclusively.