State BJP president and leader of the Opposition Ajay Bhatt has thanked the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister for providing central assistance immediate after disaster. However, at the same time, he slammed the State Chief Minister and other Congress leaders, saying that they have formed a habit of blaming the NDA Government for any ill the State has been facing due to their own Government’s bungling with things. “They should have the modicum of courtesy to thank the Centre for the prompt assistance it has sent to the rain-ravaged people of the state,” Bhatt said.
Sounding worried over the state of things with rains continuing incessantly, the BJP leader said that Uttarakhand has again come under the grip of disaster. “Realizing that things are grim, both the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh have taken a prompt and serious note of the people’s suffering. They did not lose a moment to send rescue team. Such a gesture would go a long way in cementing ties between the Centre and the state,” he said.
“What is more,” he continued, “the Centre rushed an additional NDRF team to Uttarakhand. Besides, four NDRF teams have been kept in reserve for an eventuality with things remaining highly vulnerable. They are in round the clock contact with the state government, posting themselves with the latest developments from time to time,” he said.
Waxing eloquent on the ‘large- hearted NDA regime coming out of its way to help Uttarakhand facing crisis’, Bhatt said this was the second time when the Centre came a long way to help the state out of the crisis it has faced. “Previously, when the forests of the state were being torched in fire the Centre came forward to have the blaze doused. Now, the Central team is in the thick of rendering help to the people of the rain- ravaged places of the state,” he said.
Taking a dig at the CM and other Congress leaders, Bhatt said that they should rid themselves of their narrow, sectarian outlook and should develop the habit of appreciating any generous gesture that comes from the NDA regime. “They are inclined to slam the Centre for every problem the state has been facing and, at the same time, they rush to the same Centre, asking it to help it of the problem,” he said.
“By way of contrast, BJP is a party which gets above petty politics when it comes to relive the people’s sufferings. The BJP-led Centre has proved it amply and would prove it again and again whenever things warrant them to shed politics and help the people,” the State BJP chief said.