LUCKNOW, Jan. 6 -- Paying tribute to former Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan governor and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on his 94th birth anniversary on Monday, chief minister Yogi Adityanath hailed him for "sacrificing" his CM post "without any hesitation" during the height of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.

He recalled that before Kalyan Singh took over as the first chief minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh in 1991, there was disorder, anarchy, hooliganism, and terrorist activities were on the rise.

"In those circumstances, he took charge of the state and within a few months, people across Uttar Pradesh began to feel that the state was moving towards good governance and a new phase of development...