Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of a university named after Jat icon and freedom fighter Raja Mahendra Singh and the Defence Corridor in Aligarh. This comes seven years after the local BJP first demanded renaming the AMU after the freedom fighter. The grand event is likely to be attended by around 1.5 lakh people. The prime minister will stay in Aligarh for about one-and-a-half hours, where he is also expected to address a huge gathering in the presence of senior BJP leaders and state ministers.
The foundation of the university gains significance as it comes ahead of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, which are less than six months away. The move is seen as an attempt by the BJP to woo the Jat community.
Today, our farmers are benefitting due to the constant effort of the central government. It is the constant effort of the central government to give strength to the small holdings. It has taken many decisions such as extension of Kisan Credit Card, improvement in insurance scheme, provision of pension of Rs 3,000 among others that are empowering small farmers: PM Modi
People of UP can never forget what kind of scams used to happen here, how the governance was handed over to the corrupt. There was a time when the administration here was run by goons and mafia. But now those people are behind the bars: PM Modi
Before 2017, every scheme for the poor in UP used to be blocked. Dozens of letters were written from the Center to implement each scheme, but here it did not work at that pace, says PM Modi
Today, Uttar Pradesh is becoming an attractive place every small and big investor of the country and the world. This happens when the right environment is created for development. Yogi govt is working towards development in the state: PM Modi
I am glad to see that today the same UP, which was seen as a stumbling block in the development of the country, is leading big campaigns of the country. People of UP can never forget what kind of scams used to happen here, how the governance was handed over to the corrupt: PM
Today Uttar Pradesh is becoming a great example of a double engine government's double profit: PM Modi
India is heading towards making a new identity of an important defence exporter of the world, says PM Modi
Today, not only the country, but the entire world is seeing how from modern grenades and rifles to fighter aircraft, drones and warships are all being manufactured in India itself, says PM Modi on Defence Corridor
Today I feel the absence of the great son of this earth, Late Kalyan Singh Ji. Had Kalyan Singh ji been with us today, he would have been extremely happy to see the new identity of Aligarh: PM Modi
It is a big day not only for Aligarh but also for western UP: PM Modi
The Aligarh node of the Defence corridor will be developed on Khair Road in 400 hectares, out of which 100 hectares of land has been acquired so far, and the responsibility of developing it will be with UPEDA. It is expected that an investment of around 6000 crores can be made in this node of the Defence Corridor.
The new university aims to fulfil a longstanding demand for a state university in the region. All the colleges in Aligarh division and some neighbouring districts will be affiliated to it, the chief minister had said recently. It is being set up in a total area of over 92 acres at village Lodha and village Musepur Kareem Jarouli of Aligarh's Kol tehsil.