The first edition of TOI Dialogues, a new series launched by The Times of India on Friday, continues to focus on key issues such as the city’s emerging economic potential, law and order reforms, public health services and cultural significance.
“There’s been a huge change on the ground and in perception”
The eastern UP district of Gorakhpur has experienced massive Transformation, both on the ground and in people’s perceptions. Over the past five years, well-known hotel chains and well-known brands have made a comeback here, heralding an era of sound law and order and political stability.
The first edition of TOI Dialogues, a new series launched by The Times of India on Friday, continues to focus on key issues such as the city’s emerging economic potential, law and order reforms, public health services and cultural significance. At the opening ceremony, former state police chiefs Vikram Singh and AK Jain, criminal lawyer Yashpal Singh and Aisshpra Group Chairman Atul Atul Saraf explains how strong leadership can successfully bring about radical change in a city that has missed the economic growth bus. In the past due to its reputation.
“Assets and properties worth over Rs 1,000 crore belonging to gangsters have been seized in Gorakh pur. I regret that my tenure as Uttar Pradesh DGP was not during Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s tenure He is a leader with a clear vision and is able to take immediate decisions against criminals. Atul Saraf, a leading businessman in the city, agrees. : “Inviting gangsters and mafiosos to private parties in this neighborhood was a status symbol. Some families used to flaunt their mafia connections. But those days are over.
Yashpal Singh recalled that politicians who ruled the state in the past forced the police force to withdraw criminal cases. “In 2007, there was a triple bomb blast in Gorakhpur. The then national leadership put pressure on the local police to withdraw the terrorist charges,” the leading criminal lawyer claimed.
AK Jain told the gathering that the concept of criminals-turned-politicians originated in Bihar, where the savvy mafia that used to rule the state realized they could exercise unlimited power through electioneering.
Amit Singh, Director, APCO Infra said, “It is great to see so many eminent personalities and experts from different backgrounds gathered here. I am sure they will only share positive stories about Gorakhpur when they go back.
