AGRA: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath created a record of sorts on Monday after he visited Hathras . He become the first chief minister in the history of the state to visit all the 75 districts in just 16-month of his government's rule.On Monday, the chief minister visited the 75th and the last district of the state that was left in his itinerary, to lay foundation stones of 34 development schemes worth Rs 156 crore. During his visits to the various districts, the chief minister has launched welfare and development schemes worth several crores.Talking to TOI, BJP spokesman Manish Shukla said that it was for the first time that any chief minister of the state has covered all the districts in such a short span. He said, he is the first CM, who has himself taken ground reality check of the schemes, launched by his government.He had held several meetings with administrative and police officials of almost every district to review development works and law and order situation to ensure that no part of the state feels neglected, said Shukla. He said contrary to the superstition that his predecessors believed in, Yogi had even visited Noida.Incidentally, both Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav had avoided visiting Noida during their stints as the believed that this could result in losing their chief ministerial chairs. The Noida superstition began way back in June 1988, after the then Congress chief minister, Veer Bahadur Singh, was asked to step down after his Noida visit.During his address, Yogi targeted his predecessors and accused them of ignoring the state and only inducing in furtherance of their own vested interests. He said that development had stopped during their tenures and investments in the state were negligible.He also targeted the earlier governments for failing to control law and order in the state and said the ‘goonda raj’ that existed earlier had deterred investors from looking towards UP.

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