CM inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 4,977 development projects worth ₹2,122 crore in Ambedkar Nagar, 411 development projects worth ₹1,090 crore in Ayodhya and 422 projects worth ₹1689.46 crore in Gonda
The move came amid indications that Pandey could be the BJP candidate from Ambedkar Nagar, one of the 16 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh that the party lost in 2019.
Police arrest Diler alias Bombay Anwar Khan for possession of 4.610 grams of MD drugs in Ambedkar Nagar. Suspected to be part of a larger narcotics network.