Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday asserted that criminal elements in the state are scared of the government today and they dare not engineer communal riots.
"Criminals are afraid of the government now. No riots took place in the state in the last two and a half years," said Adityanath here after laying foundation stones for various development projects worth Rs 450 crore in Saharanpur.
Also flaying the previous SP government over the law and order issue in the state, he added, "All of us know what was the situation here around two and a half years ago. Riots took place here during the Samajwadi Party regime, but Uttar Pradesh will not have another 'Kairana' now."
The chief minister said when the BJP formed government in 2017, "an anarchy prevailed in the state."