Lucknow, Feb. 3 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday hailed the Union Budget 2026-27, saying it fulfils the aspirations of Uttar Pradesh and will help the state become "Naye Bharat Ka Naya Uttar Pradesh...Viksit Bharat Ka Viksit UP (New UP of New India and developed UP of developed India)."

Addressing a press conference on the budget, he said the UP government hopes that one of the five All India Institutes of Ayurveda announced in the budget may come up in Varanasi.

His government would extend waterways to the Yamuna and explore similar possibilities for other rivers, such as the Rapti, he further said.

"The UP government had earlier sent a proposal to the Union government for an Ayurveda institute for Varanasi, for it is the b...