Uttar Pradesh leads the way in development campaigns, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today - months ahead of the state elections - as he launched a university named after a Jat icon in Aligarh. "It gives me tremendous satisfaction that UP, which was once seen as a hindrance to the country's development, is today leading the biggest development campaigns of the country," the Prime Minister said at an event to mark the launch of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh.