Making a scathing attack on the UPA Government at the Centre, Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday said that up to 60 years, the Congress had been sloganeering about ‘Garibi hatao’ (eradicate poverty). Though it could not eradicate poverty, it has increased poverty instead.
Addressing a public meetings organised at Kota and Ratanpur in Bilaspur district during the fifth phase of his Vikas Yatra, the Chief Minister said that the Chhattisgarh Government has worked with wide perspective, in which caste and creed have no place. Hence, schemes have been prepared for the welfare of all categories of people, he added.
The Chief Minister dedicated and performed bhumi poojan of development works worth crores of rupees in Kota development block and distributed materials to the needy people. The Chief Minister said that small things like cycle and sewing machine could bring great change in the like of a worker hence the government has been distributing such things.
Keeping in mind the welfare of all categories of people, the government has prepared schemes for aged, women and youths. The work, which could not be done during the last 60 years, has been done in the last 5-6 years. It was the beginning of development, he added. In the meetings, the chief minister told the gathering the he was there to seek their blessings. looking to the enthusiasm of people gathered in the meeting, it seemed, it has been decided that the Bharatiya Janata Party would come into power in the next election, he added.
The Chief Minister said that the farmers were getting agriculture loan at 14 per cent interest, but the BJP government has brought it down to one per cent.