Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday (January 5, 2026) said former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh's tenure would always be remembered for good governance, development and for advancing a nationalist mission in the State.
Addressing a programme organised here on the 94th birth anniversary of the Padma Vibhushan awardee BJP leader, Mr. Adityanath paid tributes to the former Chief Minister, fondly remembered as "Babuji", and recalled his role in restoring public confidence at a time when Uttar Pradesh was facing widespread disorder.
The Chief Minister said when Kalyan Singh assumed office in 1991 as the first Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the State was gripped by lawlessness, criminal activities and administrative chaos, and the benefits of government schemes were not reaching the poor, farmers, youth and women.
"In those circumstances, he took charge of the state and within a few months, people across Uttar Pradesh began to feel that the State was moving towards good governance and a new phase of development," Mr. Adityanath said.
He said Singh did not hesitate to sacrifice power while respecting the sentiments of Ram devotees and saints during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, even as his government fell.
