launching a scathing attack on the Congress party for terming Narendra Modi-led NDA Government at the Centre as Government of corporate houses, the BJP National President, Amit Shah, said here on Sunday that it was actually the 10-year regime of the UPA Government which promoted the corporates at the cost of the common man.
He was addressing senior party workers at Survey of India auditorium here on Sunday. The BJP president informed that previous UPA Government received only Rs3000 crore as royalty from distribution of 220 coal blocks of the country while Narendra Modi Government was able to collect a sum of Rs2 lakh crore from the auction of only 20 coal blocks.
He claimed that the country would receive a sum of Rs20 lakh crore when all these blocks are auctioned. Similarly, the present Government has collected Rs1.09 lakh crore from the sale of 2G spectrum.
Asking the party workers not to get bogged down by misinformation campaign launched by Opposition party and a section of media, Shah said the prices have come down as inflation is at -2.66 per cent which is unprecedented.
He claimed that 60 lakh employment opportunities would be created in the coming years as 22,000 companies globally have responded to ‘Make in India’ call of the Prime Minister.
Shah said the present Government has started ‘Mudra Banks’ for financing easy loans of Rs5,000 to Rs10 lakh for those interested to open small businesses. He informed that 14 crore families were brought into the ambit of banking by the Government in last 11 months under ‘Jan Dham Yojna’.
The BJP president said the Government has relaxed the norms for compensation to the farmers and increased the amount of relief by fifty per cent. On the issue of land Acquisition Bill, Shah claimed that not even a single inch of land would be handed over to the corporate houses.
He asked the party workers to fight Opposition propaganda on land Acquisition Bill. Praising the Narendra Modi Government, Shah said that not even a single charge of corruption could be leveled against any Union Minister in last eleven months of NDA Government.
He said the Prime Minister has made the countrymen proud as he delivers extempore speeches in Hindi in foreign destinations. Congratulating the party workers for achieving the stupendous feat of taking the party membership to 10 crore, Shah said the party has come a long way since 1951 when 10 people founded Jan Sangh.
Asking the party workers to visit the houses of these new members in the contact campaign in the months of May, June and July, Amit Shah said that party would select 15 lakh workers from these members for training.
This training would take place in the months of August, September and October. He claimed that the training would be the biggest political exercise ever to be organised in the country.
He said the objective of these programmes is to ensure that BJP is able to rule the country for next three decades. Shah exhorted the party workers to work dedicatedly for formation of a BJP Government in Uttarakhand.
Speaking on the occasion, the National organisational secretary of BJP Ram lal said the National president has toured all the States of the country in last 55 days to boost the morale party workers, the effect of which was manifested in the membership drive.
He said the dedication of Shah has ensured that BJP is the biggest party in the world as its membership has crossed the figure of 10 crore. The State party president Teerath Singh Rawat said the State party unit has achieved the target of 15 lakh members in the membership campaign.
Former Chief Ministers and Members of Parliament (MP) Major General Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (Rtd), Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Ramesh Pokhariyal ‘ Nishank’, leader of Opposition Ajay Bhatt, State party in-charge Shyam Jaju, Tehri MP Mala Rajya laxmi Shah, Alora MP Ajay Tamta and all senior leaders of party were present on the occasion.