Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the previous governments in Uttar Pradesh of letting poverty and the mafia take over the state's eastern part, saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party government is now writing a new chapter of development there.
Attacking the BJP, Akhilesh Yadav said the specifications of the project had been lowered by the current government.
'Favourable treatment to selected areas has been a pattern throughout the state.'