Will tap potential of UP's youth, says Yogi, lauds students' performance in 'cheating-less' exams

Seventy two per cent students have cleared "cheating-less" board examinations in Uttar Pradesh and the government will take the state ahead by tapping the potential of the youth, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today.

The state government is coming up with a scheme of residential schools for children of poor and labourers, he added.

Adityanath was speaking at an event where he blessed 678 couples, including 24 Muslim couples, during a mass marriage ceremony on the campus of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University here.

Taking a jibe at the previous SP and BSP regimes in the state, Adityanath claimed during those times, the effect of corruption was seen in all government policies. Things are different now, he said.

Adityanath said "a 72 per cent result has been achieved in a cheating-less UP board examinations (for class 10th and 12th)".

It is a good sign and we are marching towards development, he said. We will use the energy of youth and students by tapping their potential to take UP ahead, he added.

Earlier in the day, the class X and XII results of the UP board