LUCKNOW:  On December 25, the birth anniversary of BJP stalwart and former Prime Minister Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Yogi Adityanath government will begin distributing smartphones and tablets to final year students of graduation and above.

At the Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, approximately one lakh smartphones and tablets will be distributed to final-year students of B.Tech, B.A, B.Sc, MA, ITI, MBBS, MD, M.Tech, PhD, and skill development courses, among others. The programme will involve a large number of students, including girls, from every district in the state.

The move is intended to broaden the BJP's appeal among young people ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The Yogi Adityanath government announced that one crore youth would receive free smartphones and tablets in order to "make them technically sound." The chief minister will distribute 60,000 smartphones and 40,000 tablets in the first phase of the scheme.

This is the first time in the country's history that such a large number of youths have received free smartphones and tablets. Kumar Vineet, special secretary for IT and electronics, stated that over 38 lakh youths have registered on the DigiShakti portal, which is still open for registration.

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