The BJP government at the center has always taken pride in the governance of Uttar Pradesh by Yogi Adityanath, calling him a different chief minister always. He had introduced many schemes ever since he took over the rule of the state, and one of the achievements the CM has decided to showcase now, has come as a shocker in the political arena.

On eve of Republic day, the UP government had planned to list out Yogi Adityanath's achievements, and the list was sent to every district administrators and judges in UP, and the highlight of the list was the encounter list of UP police. Since 2017 March when Yogi Adityanath took charge as CM of Uttar Pradesh, he had started his attack on the gangsters and anti socials of the state.

Within 16 months of his rule, the encounter count comes to a massive and shocking number of 3036. 78 criminals were shot dead, 7043 criminals were arrested while 838 criminals were injured badly and during the same tenure, the bail orders of more than 11900 criminals were cancelled and they were imprisoned. Besides, special teams were formed to arrest 138 criminals and kill 9 of them, and this list of encounters released by Yogi Adityanath government has created shock waves across the state.