Lucknow:, Feb. 22 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday declared that Uttar Pradesh will become a trillion-dollar economy by 2029 and attacked the Opposition for calling the objective unachievable.

He also said India would become a five-trillion dollar economy by 2027.

This is the first time that the chief minister has set a deadline of sorts for U.P. achieve the trillion dollar economy target. The state government had drawn a roadmap in 2022 and a five-year timeline was worked out to achieve this objective, he said.

Uttar Pradesh, which has all the resources, was placed in the category of a BIMARU state by the Samajwadi Party-led government but has become the second largest economy in the country now and will surely become a tri...