Summary:
Meerut: Voters from the most populated state of the country - Uttar Pradesh - have voted for ‘Better Law and Order and Policing’ among their top priorities. The survey covered all 80 constituencies of UP.In UP, the top three priorities included ‘better employment opportunities’ (42.82%), ‘better hospitals, primary health care centres’ (34.56%) and ‘better law and order/policing’ (33.73%). This being said many encounters are under scrutiny but there is general improvement in the law and order situation in UP.” Despite the state govt’s claims that law and order in UP has improved in the BJP’s regime, it gave a below average performance. However, in BSP’s rule, the law and order situation was much better..