On January 14, Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party National Secretary Dharmendra Pradhan released a list of candidates for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections. While addressing the media at this event, Pradhan made a number of claims on UP’s growth under the Chief Minister Adityanath-led government.
His claims ranged from houses built for the underprivileged to women’s safety. FactChecker verified six quantifiable claims he made and found most to be false.
“UP has the highest number of houses built for the poor in the country [Aaj desh mein gareebon ke liye jo makaan bane hain, wo UP mein sabse zyada hain],” claimed Pradhan (at timestamp 3.55 in the above video).
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban and PMAY-Gramin are affordable housing schemes for the urban and rural poor. Official records show that while UP does have the highest number of houses built for the poor in urban areas, but not in rural areas. Over 9.82 lakh houses have been built and delivered to the poor in the state’s urban areas as of January 3, according to the official state-wise progress report of PMAY-U. With 6.29 lakh homes constructed, Gujarat stood second.
In rural areas, Pradhan’s claim does not hold true as West Bengal has the highest number of houses built under PMAY-G. As of December 20, 2021, the total number of houses completed in the two phases of PMAY-G in UP was 23.04 lakh and in West Bengal, this number was 30.2 lakh.
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