Narendra Modi: BJP government first to take multi-pronged steps for NE's growth

PMNarendra ModiThe BJP government was the first after Independence to take forceful multipronged steps to develop northeast India Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday To know the region better the number of ministers and top officials visited the northeast region during the past three and a half years are much much higher than the number of ministers and top officials who visited during the Congress regimeThe secretariat of the DoNER Development of North Eastern Region for the first time is being functioning in each of the eight states he said in his address at rallies at Sonamura around 50 km southwest of Agartala and Kailashahar 155 km from the state capitalNoting that in 2022 India will complete 75 years of Independence while Tripura would observe the golden jubilee of fullfledged statehood he said Hence the people of the state should carefully decide on whom to vote for in the assembly elections on February 18The modern and developed Tripura dreamed by the last Tripura king Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya has been destroyed by the Left parties and it is high time the people went for executing the Chalo Paltai Go for Change programme at the grassroot level he said urging them to support his Bharatiya Janata PartyModi also said that once the BJP comes to power implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission for employees would immediately start He also laid stress on quality of education for students of Tripura and need for increased employment opportunitiesCPIM keeps demanding answers from the Modi government in Delhi but here they should answer their own people as to what they have done over the past 25 years The BJP government would work on the three cardinal principles of Trade Tourism and Training to youth which would unlock the gate of selfemployment he saidHe also criticised the Left government for patronising the chit fund organisations and looting peoples money Saying his government was working to develop northeast India Modi claimed that Tripura remained backward due to 25 years of Left misruleVoting for BJPs lotus symbol will be a punishment for the Left Front government in the February 18 Assembly elections as during its 25 years of misrule people did not get anything poverty went up and backwardness widenedHe said the previous NDA government led by Atal Vajpayee had set up the Development of North Eastern Region Ministry and now his government also gave top priority to develop infrastructure of the region and to improve the lives of the people He mentioned the Rs 1300 crore National Bamboo Mission had been launched to utilise the huge bamboo resources in the regionCriticizing Chief Minister Manik Sarkar whose Dhanpur constituency falls in Sonamura Modi said Under his Sarkars white kurta there is a dark side His government cheated people by giving poor wages when the people of other parts of the country got higher wages and the government employees got higher salariesIn the past 25 years the Left parties hypnotized the people People could not understand how backward they are Now the time has come to change the future of the state and the fortune of the peopleOut of every Rs 100 spent in Tripura the central government is giving Rs 80 The Manik Sarkar government is unable to spend Central money properly The Left government is also looting the money of the poor he said asking if the Left is allowed to keep ruling there will be no development in the statePeople are committing suicide in Tripura Youths are not getting jobs The time has come to throw away the Left parties BJPs national General Secretary Ram Madhav and state president Biplab Kumar Deb also addressed the ralliesThe contentreporting displayed on our website wwwmiddaycom is provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE by us from third party agencies sources without any verification from our side It may contain error bugs and other limitations The readers can rely on the content at their own will Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability data text images video messages or any other material whatsoever or for any claimslossaction that the reader may suffer as a result of relying on the content on our site Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeverCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news current affairs from Mumbai local news crime news and breaking headlines hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the goTrending Video