Sympathisers of land mafia worried in UP: Adityanath

Farrukhabad:  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday justified the drive against ‘land mafia’ claiming that sympathisers of such people are feeling worried, in an indirect attack on SP president Akhilesh Yadav.
Yadav, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, told reporters in Banda on Friday that the Adityanath government was targeting some people and demolishing their houses.
Addressing the inaugural function of the the ‘Mukhyamantri Aarogya Mela’ here, Adityanath said only criminals, mafia and gangsters were feeling afraid in the state.
“They are feeling afraid and moving with boards hanging around their necks,” the chief minister said.
“Today, the government in the state is working with a pledge. Earlier, the land of the poor and traders used to be grabbed by mafia,” he said, adding while action is being taken against land mafia, the sympathisers of such people are feeling worried.
Without taking any name, the chief minister said, “These sympathisers did not have a problem when the land mafia used to grab the land of a poor person, trader or a common man. They are having problems when the property belonging to the poor and farmers are being freed from criminals and mafia.”