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Modi take a swipe at opposition: ‘UP has moved from red tape to red carpet’
Prime minister Narendra Modi, at the UP Global Investors Summit, said: "seven to eight years back, we could not think of such an environment around jobs in UP"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the opposition, saying Uttar Pradesh has moved from culture of red tape to laying red carpet in seven years of BJP's 'double-engine' govt.
"Seven to eight years back, we could not even think of such an environment around jobs and investment opportunities in UP. There were crimes and riots everywhere. No one would have believed that we would make UP 'viksit' (developed)," the prime minister said at the fourth ground breaking ceremony of the UP Global Investors Summit in Lucknow.
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'Double engine government'
"It has been seven years since a double-engine government was formed in UP. In the last seven years, the 'red tape culture' in the state has been ended and a 'red carpet culture' has been brought here. In the last seven years, crime has reduced in UP and business culture has expanded," Modi said.
“In the last seven years, an environment of business, development and trust has been formed in UP. The double-engine government has shown that if there is a true intention for change, nobody can stop it,” the PM added.
In a veiled jibe at Congress, the prime minister said, "When I speak about 'Viksit Bharat', new thinking and new direction is needed for it. Had we followed the kind of thinking that prevailed in the country for decades after independence, this would not have been possible".
