Lucknow, Dec. 14 -- In over eight years of his rule, chief minister Yogi Adityanath has freed Uttar Pradesh from the land and liquor mafia, Union minister for commerce and industry Piyush Goyal said on Sunday.

Goyal was in the state capital to formally announce the name of Pankaj Chaudhary as the new state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at 'Sangathan Parv'.

Addressing the gathering of BJP workers and leaders at Ram Manohar Lohia Law University, Goyal said, "The double engine government of PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath is taking Uttar Pradesh forward."

"In the last eight years of his rule, CM Yogi Adityanath has freed the state from land and liquor mafia," he said.

The Union minister also recounted the February...