Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Adityanath Says Villages Shift From Vote Banks To Development
Yogi Adityanath said villages should be important centers of development, not just places where politicians seek votes.
He said Uttar Pradesh has opened 57,600 Gram Sachivalayas.
These offices help villagers access digital services and complete some tasks online.
They also allow officials to monitor village work.
The chief minister said each village has gained five to seven jobs through these offices.
Digital libraries are also being created in 11,350 Gram Panchayats.
He said these changes are meant to make villages more independent and prosperous.
Adityanath connected this goal to Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of Gram Swaraj.
He also said dynastic politics has no place in this system.
Yogi Adityanath said Uttar Pradesh now treats villages as the foundation of a self-reliant state, rather than merely as vote banks.
He said 57,600 Gram Sachivalayas have brought digital services, online monitoring and digital payments closer to villagers.
The chief minister claimed each village has gained five to seven employment opportunities through Gram Sachivalaya operations.
He said digital libraries are being established in 11,350 Gram Panchayats across Uttar Pradesh.
Adityanath criticized pre-2017 governance and said empowered panchayats and prosperous villages are central to Gram Swaraj.
- Who
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
- What
- He said the state’s development focus has shifted toward empowered panchayats, prosperous villages and digital rural services.
- When
- October 2, on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary; the year is not specified in the report.
- Where
- Across Uttar Pradesh, including its 57,600 Gram Sachivalayas and 11,350 Gram Panchayats receiving digital libraries.
- Why
- To promote Gram Swaraj, improve transparency and accountability, and build a self-reliant Uttar Pradesh.
- Gram Sachivalayas
- 57,600 functioning across Uttar Pradesh, according to Adityanath.
- Employment
- Five to seven employment opportunities were said to have been created in each village.
- Digital libraries
- Being established in 11,350 Gram Panchayats.
- Digital services
- The facilities include e-Gram Swaraj, digital payments and online monitoring.
- Government vision
- “Empowered Panchayat, Prosperous Village and Self-Reliant Uttar Pradesh.”
- Political criticism
- Adityanath said villages before 2017 received promises rather than development and were treated as vote banks.
- Gram Swaraj
- The government presented it as a program inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of self-reliant villages.