India, Feb. 21 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that the Maha Kumbh will bring more than Rs.3 lakh crore to the state's economy. While replying to a question asked by Samajwadi Party MLA Ragini Sonkar at the UP assembly, the CM also said that the government has brought more than eight crore people out of the poverty line in the last eight years.

"We should be proud that under the leadership of PM Modi, in 10 years, we have been able to bring 25 crore people above the poverty line and in the last eight years, our government has brought more than six crore people out of poverty. This shows that there have been changes in every sector," ANI quoted Adityanath as saying.ALSO READ: Yogi focuses on dev, welfare, ca...