On the occasion of the achievements of the UP Government in eight years, a felicitation ceremony was organized for Hon'ble Minister in charge, UP Government, Muzaffarnagar, Dr. Somendra Tomar in the auditorium of Shri Ram College. On this occasion, the chief guest of the program was Dr. Somendra Tomar while the program was presided over by Dr. SC Kulshreshtha, Founder Chairman of Shri Ram Group of Colleges and as special guests, senior BJP leader Abhishek Chaudhary, Achit Mittal, Dr. Purushottam Gautam, Director of Shri Ram Group of Colleges Integrated Campus Dr. SN Chauhan, Director of Shri Ram College Dr. Ashok Kumar, Principal of Shri Ram College, Dr. Prerna Mittal, Director Research, SRGC Dr. RP Singh, Dean Management Dr. Saurabh Mittal etc. were present who inaugurated the program by lighting the lamp.
On this occasion, the chief guest of the program, Dr. Somendra Tomar, Minister-in-charge of the UP government, said that the Uttar Pradesh which was considered a sick state and a barrier in the country's development till 2017, the same state has emerged as a leading state in every field in the country in the eight-year development journey. Before 2017, Uttar Pradesh was considered a lagging state of the country, whereas after 2017, this state is either number one or leading in more than 45 schemes of the central government. Even today the state is the same, the system is also the same. But, when the power changed in 2017, as soon as the double engine government came under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, all the barriers to development in this state ended. Earlier in UP, the farmer who provides food was forced to commit suicide, the youth had an identity crisis, the poor were in the grip of starvation, there was a crisis on the safety of daughters and traders. Whereas today, due to the schemes of the double engine government, the farmer is self-reliant, women are empowered, the youth are getting employment, the poor have become prosperous. Along with development, the security system of UP has become an example in the country. He said that this journey of change in UP was not easy. The situation then was very difficult. Earlier there used to be riots in the state, every district was ruled by a mafia, there were situations like land grabbing, illegal mining, animal smuggling, threat to daughters and businessmen. The government that came in 2017 ended the mafia. Today the government has worked to make the state a leader in every field by implementing huge schemes like poverty eradication, employment etc. He said that eight years of Uttar Pradesh's progress have been completed. There has been development in every field in the state. The work of youth empowerment, women empowerment, trade security, heritage protection has increased rapidly in these eight years. If these eight years are compared with the work done in the 70 years before 2017, then these eight years seem to be heavy.
In this development journey of the state, the people of the state have always supported the double engine government. It had the guidance of the Prime Minister and the blessings of the people. As a result of these works, UP, which was earlier a sick state of the country, has today become the growth engine of the country. UP, which was earlier considered a barrier to the development of the country, has today become a breakthrough of development. The state has achieved this feat on the strength of its youth power, labor force and hard work of farmers. This has contributed to making the state the number two economy in the country. He said that while the previous government was dominated by one district-one mafia, his government took the state forward on the path of progress with schemes like one district-one product (ODOP) and one district-one medical college. These schemes have brought about a massive change in the state. He said that before 2017, where investment did not come to the state, now it has become the best destination in the country in terms of investment. The tourism sector here has become the best tourist destination in the country. Somendra Tomar said that earlier there were no good roads in Uttar Pradesh. Today UP has become the state with the most expressways, the best rail and air connectivity, and the most metros in the country. Today Uttar Pradesh is number one in food grain production, potato production, sugarcane and ethanol production.
On this occasion, the program's chairman Dr SC Kulshrestha, Chairman Shriram Group of Colleges, while congratulating and praising the chief guest Dr Somendra Tomar, said that Dr Somendra Tomar was a good student as well as a good student leader in his student life. He said that the journey from being a student leader to becoming a minister has been very challenging, in which he has accepted every challenge and is working on the Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas policy as a servant of the people and is trying to take the state to the pinnacle of development along with development.
On this occasion, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Director of Shri Ram College, while welcoming all the guests present in the program and the program's chairman Dr. SC Kulshreshtha, Chairman Shri Ram Group of Colleges, said that in the presence of Chairman Sir, we got the opportunity to meet such a combative young leader of our state. For this, I thank everyone on behalf of Shri Ram family.
On this occasion, the chief guest of the program, Dr. Somendra Tomar was honored by presenting a memento by the hands of the institute's founder chairman Dr. SC Kulshreshtha. On this occasion, Principal of Shri Ram College Dr. Prerna Mittal, Dean Computer Application Nishant Kumar Rathi, Head of Computer Application Department Neetu Singh, Dean Academic Dr. Saurabh Mittal, Head of Journalism and Mass Communication Department Ravi Gautam, Head of BBA Department Vivek Kumar, Head of Physical Education Department Pramod Kumar, Head of Commerce Department Dr. Ashfaq Ali, Head of Basic Science Department Dr. Pooja Tomar, Dean of Home Science Department Shweta Rathi, Head of Bioscience Department Dr. Vipin Kumar Saini and all the teachers of Shri Ram College were present.