Overview

• The chief minister inaugurated a Rs 40 crore memorial and unveiled a 40-foot bronze equestrian statue of Maharaja Suheldev in Bahraich
• He laid foundation stones for 384 development schemes worth ₹1,243 crore and planted a sapling under the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign
• Yogi Adityanath accused Congress and the Samajwadi Party of avoiding criticism of historical invaders to protect minority vote banks, contrasting that with BJP’s emphasis on national icons over figures like Jinnah
• Bahraich’s medical college and Azamgarh’s state university have been renamed for Maharaja Suheldev, and the government outlined further statues, PAC battalions and institutions honouring regional defenders
• He proposed turning the annual Suheldev fair into a three-day event and announced plans for memorials to Maharaja Bijli Pasi, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and women warriors from the 1857 revolt