Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath | Photo Credit: PTI

Mumbai: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday blamed Mughals and Britishers for weakening Indian economy. He said that India used to be the biggest financial power in the world before the arrival of Mughals and by the time Britishers left the country, it was a mere shadow of its glorious self.

While speaking at the World Hindu Economy Forum in Mumbai, Yogi Adityanath explained that before the Mughals attacked India, the country used to be the biggest economic power in the world. India held over one-third share of the world's economy by the time Mughals arrived in India.

"India was the largest stakeholder in the world economy with over 36 per cent share during Mughal era and by the time they left and Britishers came, India's share got reduced to 20 per cent," claimed the Uttar Pradesh CM.

He then stressed that during their 200-year rule in the country, Britishers weakened the Indian economy and took it down to just four per cent by the time they left.

Earlier in the month, Yogi Adityanath had asserted that he will make Uttar Pradesh alone a $1 trillion economy in the coming years.

"We have ministers and bureaucrats who have vision. An interactive session will take place where we will chalk out a roadmap to ensure that benefits of development schemes reach to every individual of the state. Our aim is to make UP a $1 trillion economy," he had said.