Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday honoured outstanding farmers at the Aam Mahotsav in Lucknow.
The Chief Minister first flagged off the vehicle carrying Uttar Pradesh’s mangoes. During the main event, he also released the souvenir of Aam Mahotsav-2026. The Chief Minister inaugurated the Mahotsav by cutting the ceremonial ribbon.
The farmers honoured by the Chief Minister at the event were:
- Basant Kumar, Village Randol, Saharanpur
- Asha Singh, Village Mahotepur, Sitapur
- Achal Kumar Mishra, Village Medaipurwa, Lakhimpur Kheri
- Shailendra Kumar, Village Bhanpur, Unnao
- Gopal Maheshwari, Village Madhaupuri, Kasganj
- Narvdeshwar Singh, Village Chhabaila, Gorakhpur
- Amarpal Singh, Village Akbarpur Sadat, Meerut
- Harshvardhan Tyagi, Village Bhadasyana, Hapur
- Suryamani Yadav, Village Bishunpur, Hapur
- Mohd. Reyan Siddiqui, Amroha
- M/s Awadh Nursery, Malihabad, Lucknow
- S.C. Shukla, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow
- Upendra Kumar Singh, Navipanah, Malihabad, Lucknow
The thirteen farmers honoured at the event were drawn from districts across Uttar Pradesh, including Saharanpur, Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Unnao, Kasganj, Gorakhpur, Meerut, Hapur, Amroha and Lucknow. Two of those honoured, S.C. Shukla and Upendra Kumar Singh, are from Lucknow itself, from the Gomti Nagar and Navipanah, Malihabad localities respectively.
M/s Awadh Nursery, based in Malihabad, Lucknow, was also among those honoured.
The event formed part of the proceedings at the Aam Mahotsav, where the Chief Minister flagged off the vehicle carrying Uttar Pradesh’s mangoes and released the souvenir of Aam Mahotsav-2026 before the ribbon-cutting that formally inaugurated the festival.
