BJP president Amit Shah claimed on Monday that CM Raman Singh has done a superb job and his iconic works of development will ensure a record fourth consecutive term in Chhattisgarh. The mineral rich State is scheduled to face assembly polls in late 2018.
“Raman Singh has put Chhattisgarh into a league of developed States in his 13-year long stint. He has taken the development to doorstep of each house in the state whether it is rural or urban belt,’’ the BJP chief told a gathering of thousands of party workers here at Science College ground.
“I thank to Raman Singh on behalf of the BJP for presenting a model for other State Governments how development could be ushered in. He exercised pro-poor policies and corruption-free governance with great effects,’’ Shah remarked amid clapping by party cadres in presence of the CM, his cabinet colleagues and the entire frontline state BJP leaders.
The BJP president presented stats at the function to shower praise on Raman government and said that per capita income has risen to eight times, from Rs 10,000 per person to Rs 82,000 per person, during the BJP regime in Chhattisgarh.
Shah further said Rs Rswhen the BJP took power in Chhattisgarh in late 2003 from Ajit Jogi-led Congress government, the state budget was pegged at just Rs 7,000 crore which has now gone up to Rs 70,000 crore in a 13-year period while power generation has exceeded 22,700 MW from a meagre 4732 MW which speak the volume of development the state has witnessed during Raman regime’’
He added that child mortality rate, maternal mortality rate and mal-nutrition issues have also been effectively tackled in Chhattisgarh.
He claimed that BJP has expanded its footprint in entire country mainly because of pro-poor policies and commitment to development.
“BJP was founded with just a few members and now it’s the largest political party of the world with 11 crore members. The BJP has grown fast and has now footprint in all areas of the country whether Kashmir’s leh region to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu or Kutch in Gujarat to Kamrup in Assam,’’ Shah observed, adding, Rs Rsthe party has been running government in 14 states as of now either solely or in association with allies. This is for the first time in India in post-Independence era that a non-Congress party (BJP) has secured mandate at its own to govern the country,’’.