‘Be prepared for defeat in coming assembly elections’: Amit Shah to opposition

New Delhi, 1 August (H.S): union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday said that the opposition leaders in Uttar Pradesh should be prepared for their defeat in the forthcoming assembly elections as BJP would return to power with a massive majority.

He was addressing people during a ceremony at the ‘bhumi pujan’ of the Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Science (UPSIFS) that is coming up in Sarojini Nagar locality in Lucknow, Shah said that under the leadership of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the state has emerged as a leader.

“Yogi Adityanath has improved the law-and-order situation that is now inviting investments and has also checked corruption. He said that under the leadership of Yogi, Uttar Pradesh has turned a number one state. He has implemented 44 welfare schemes in the State and during the Covid pandemic, Yogi ji and his team did excellent work. Opposition leaders will now come out because elections are approaching but people must not be misled by them. Where were they when there was the land mafia, riots were taking place, crime against women was at a high and families did not have toilets?” Amit Shah asked.

Shah said that the BJP does not work for any particular caste or family but works for all the people including the poorest of the poor.

Talking about the Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Science, Amit Shah said that this would be affiliated to the forensic institute in Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

“This institute will not only enable youth to get a new career for themselves but will help in improving law and order. The institute will have a DNA centre for which Rs 15 crore has been earmarked. The conviction rate of criminals will also go up as investigations become more professional and scientific and the crime rate will automatically go down,” he said.

Talking about the upliftment of the policing in the State, Shah said that policing had changed over the years with the advent of problems related to fake currency, cybercrime, narco terrorism etc. The police force needs to be better trained and we need a special manpower for investigations, he said. Amit Shah further pointed out that police is blamed for either inaction or extreme action. “The police need to focus on just action,” he added.

UPSIFS will offer studies in the field of police administration and forensic science. A Centre of Excellence is being set up by NFSU to provide modern infrastructure and technology in scientific crime investigation, which will be a separate unit on 5-acre land on the campus.