BJP president Amit Shah today said a lot of welfare initiatives have been taken by central government but to ensure benefits of those the present regime in Uttar Pradesh must be changed. <br/><br/>Addressing a rally in Varanasi today, Mr. Shah criticised twenty years of SP and BSP rules in the state and also ten years of UPA rule in the centre. He said, the three parties gave governments of scams and corruption during their tenure. <br/><br/>The BJP ally Apna Dal had organized Saturday's rally. Addressing gathering the state BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya said that the party will contest 2017 assembly elections in alliance with Apna Dal. <br/><br/>Later, in Jaunpur district BJP president addressed a meeting of booth level party workers from fifteen districts of party's Kashi region. <br/><br/>Mr.Shah blamed the Akhilesh Yadav government of creating obstacles in the development of state by delaying implementation of central schemes in the state, citing the example of Kisan Fasal Beema Yojana.