US cos showing interest for investment in India's UP: Biz advocacy group

American firms are seeing a window of opportunity to invest in Uttar Pradesh, the head of a top US business advocacy group said today, underlining that a change in India's most populous state would mean a change in the entire country.

Mukesh Aghi, the president of the US India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF), said he has taken several American delegations to UP in the last one year and held meetings with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who, he noted, is eager to embark on a massive developmental effort in the state.

"A lot of American companies are showing interest in UP," Aghi told PTI in an interview, adding, "If you change UP, you change India."