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Crime Rate Reduced in UP:Yogi in Assembly

(Lucknow,UP) Crime Rate Reduced in UP:Yogi in Assembly
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday claimed that crimes in the state had seen a “sharp decline” under BJP rule as compared to the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) regime.
Speaking in the state Assembly, Adityanath said, if the crime figures of 2016 and 2019 are compared, then there is a decline of 60.94 per cent in the incidents of dacoity, 46.42 per cent in loot cases and 20.95 per cent in cases of murder.
Likewise, there is a drop of “27.19 per cent in cases of ‘balwa’ (clashes), 100 per cent in cases of road holdup, 46 per cent in kidnapping for ransom while a decrease of 18.59 per cent has been witnessed in cases of rape”, he said.
In 2016, the Samajwadi Party (SP) was in power in Uttar Pradesh and Akhilesh Yadav was the chief minister.
Over the last several days, the opposition including the SP has been attacking the BJP government on issues like Unnao incidents and Bijnore court shootou