UP CM launches free food distribution programme ahead of UP polls

Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections, CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday launched the Nishulk Khadyan Vitaran (Free Food Distribution) programme, aiming to provide free food to the state's poor till Holi next year. The programme has been launched under the National Food Security Act. "The scheme is being implemented in a transparent way," said CM Adityanath during the programme's launch.