Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday visited Aul block in order to attend the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra.
He visited the Laxmibarahjew temple with BJP leaders of the district and had darshan of Lord Laxmibarahjew. Later, he cleaned the temple campus, as per a call by PM Narendra Modi to take up cleaning of temples and other places of worship across the country ahead of the consecration of Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir.
Later, he attended the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra at Batipada GP. While addressing the gatherings, the Union Minister stated the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra aims to take the benefits of Government schemes to those who have been left behind.
“The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra is based on 4 Amrit pillars of ‘Viksit Bharat’, India’s Nari Shakti, Yuva Shakti, the farmers and the poor families of India. The progress of these four creeds will make India a developed country,” he said.
Senior BJP leaders of the district, including Bishnu Das, Dolagobinda Nayak, Bhuban Mohan Jena, Krushna Panda, Abhimanyu Gochhait among others were present. Sonowal, also distributed cheques among the women beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) loan, and SHG loans.