Ambedkar Nagar (UP), March 14 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party (SP) and said that the leaders in the previous governments nurtured mafias to make a fast buck.

Inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of 4,977 development projects worth Rs 2,122 crore at the Civil Line Ground, Ambedkar Nagar, the Chief Minister said, "Before 2017, mafias used to capture land in Ambedkar Nagar, but today no mafia can seize land or harass girls because they know that Yamraj (God of Death) has laid a trap for them at the next intersection."

Yogi was supported vociferously by the people on the actions taken by his government against dreaded mafias and gangsters in the state. Stres...