Prime Minister Narendra Modi  at the Dhola-Sadia bridge, the country’s longest river bridge, which he inaugurated in Assam. The three-lane, 9.15 km long bridge has been built over river Lohit, a tributary of river Brahmaputra. It was named after Bhupen Hazarika. File pic/PTI

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena, a key ally of the BJP, on Monday said the Narendra Modi government only "inaugurated and renamed" the projects started by the previous UPA dispensation and nothing new, barring demonetisation, has been achieved in its three years in office. The Sena, a constituent of the NDA government, also asked if the common man and farmers, who were among the worst hit by demonetisation, were part of its third anniversary celebrations.

Apart from the note ban, nothing new has been done by the government, the Sena said in an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana'. "Some important and big projects were started by the previous government and they were just being inaugurated and renamed with vigour," it said, citing the examples of the Bhupen Hazarika Dhola-Sadiya bridge in Assam and the Chenani-Nashri tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir.

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