Gandhi Jayanti 2026 : Gram Sabhas are being organized as 'Reform Utsav' on the 157th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi (02 October). In which the agenda of 11 ministries and departments of the double engine government will reach the villages simultaneously. Meanwhile, CM Yogi Adityanath has targeted the previous governments over the plight of the villages. He said that before the year 2017, the villages did not get development, only promises. Politics continued in the name of villages.
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CM Yogi Adityanath said on social media platform Our government is considering the village as the first unit of self-reliant Uttar Pradesh, not the last step of development.
Enumerating the achievements of his government, the CM further said, “In the last nine and a half years, our government has changed this system. Today in 57,600 village secretariats, the villagers are getting all the facilities in the villages through e-Gram Swaraj, digital payments, online monitoring and village secretariats. The functioning of the Panchayats is transparent and accountable. Due to the operation of the village secretariats, 5 to 7 employment opportunities have been created in every village.”
Before the year 2017, villages did not get development, only promises. Politics continued to be played in the name of villages, but there was neither transparency nor accountability in the system. To get income and caste certificates made, one had to make rounds of tehsil, police station and district headquarters.
Who gave villages only anarchy and casteism…
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— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) October 2, 2026
He said, “Digital libraries are being established in 11,350 gram panchayats. For us, gram swaraj is not a political slogan, it is the village of Mahatma Gandhi's dreams and its resolve for self-reliance. Strong panchayats, prosperous villages and self-reliant Uttar Pradesh – this is our gram swaraj. There is no place for the familial model in our gram swaraj.”