evidence: Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said previous governments in Uttar Pradesh never had the poor, women, farmers or youth on their agenda and this is buttressed by hard statistics. Only 53lakh houses could be provided to the needy in last 30 years, [...] In contrast, the BJP government, he said, provided 41.73 lakh houses in rural and urban areas in four years, which is a record. "It was only after PM Narendra Modi assumed power in 2014 that the poor were associated with various schemes of the government without discrimination of caste, region or religion," said Yogi, who also interacted with beneficiaries from Ayodhya, Varanasi, Rae Bareli, Bahraich and Kushinagar. [...] PM Modi’s directions plugged leakages and the needy received the entire amount.