‘Mafia raj’ will return if you press wrong button: Nadda

“You made one mistake by choosing an MP (Afzal Ansari) who has no concern for development of the area. He instead has just one work and that is to get his brother ( Mukhtar Ansari) released from jail. Should this happen again?” he asked the gathering.

“Today, Uttar Pradesh is peaceful. Are we not supposed to maintain this peace in future too? The lotus (BJP symbol) must bloom in Ghazipur if you want medical colleges, highways, airports and permanent solution to mafia raj,” he added.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who earlier welcomed Nadda, said Ghazipur has set an example of action being taken against the “mafia and criminals”, who according to him, could not eliminated without the blessings of God.

Ghazipur, which is identified with the name of Maharaj Ghazi, is also the land of a rishi (saint) who recited verses that spoke of getting rid of demons, he claimed. “Apki suraksha ke liye khatra bane hue peshewar mafiayaon aur apradhiyon ke saath kis prakar ki karyawahi honi chahiye uska jita jagta udharan Ghazipur bana hua hai (Ghazipur is a living example of how action should be taken against professional criminals and mafia),” the CM said.

Claiming that development in Ghazipur was “unprecedented”, Nadda said he saw overall scenario in the state as “HIRA”, an acronym for highways, internet, railways and airways. Now, ‘waterway’ has also been added to it with the launch of Ganga Vilas, the world’s longest river cruise ship, he quipped.

India, the saffron party chief claimed, would soon become fourth largest economy of the world.

“Today, 97 per cent of mobile phones, including that of Apple, are being manufactured in India. India is manufacturing the cheapest and effective medicines. Even in the automobile sector, India has taken third place, leaving Japan behind,” he added.

Nadda claimed that there has been sixfold growth in electronics and that its benefits have reached the public through direct benefit transfer.