The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is committed to achieve target of providing 5 crore lPG conconnections to Below Poverty line (BPl) families under Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY), said BJP national president Amit Shah while launching the second phase of PMUY from central Gujarat town Dahod on Sunday.
The function was also attended by three Chief Ministers including Anandiben Patel of Gujarat, Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan and Shivraj Singh Chauhan of Madhya Pradesh apart from Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan. Tribal district Dahod was chosen for the launch of the scheme for three States — Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan — as the impoverished tribal belt has the least number of families that use cooking gas.
Addressing a large gathering Shah said under the scheme 1 lakh new connections would be given to every Parliamentary constituency. As part of PMUY new lPG connections will be given in the name of women in BPl and it is the best example of women empowerment, he said while praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for indroducing this scheme. The BJP chief further said PM Modi’s ‘Give it up’ campaign had gotten tremendous response as more than one crore people had opted to forfeit their lPG subsidy. He also praised Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Chief Ministers for taking their respective States to new heights with effective implementation of developmental schemes.
Of these the Central Government will provide 25 lakh new lPG connections with Government assistance and 15 lakh new piped gas connection in areas of Gujarat including Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Gandhinagar where piped gas line is laid, said the Minister.
Praising BJP president Shah for taking bath with Dalit saints at Simhaasth Kumbh in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister termed the event as historic and said Juna Akhada will give Mahamandaleshwar status to Dalit sants in coming time. Chauhan also praised Prime Minister Modi for his various people-oriented initiative including that of PMUY. He said on coming Thursday, BJP would emerge victorious in Assam under the able leadership of Shah. He initiated his speech saying that ‘Gujarat ki Dharati ko Pranam’ and the land of Gandhi, Sardar and Modi.
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel said the on-going work of installation of gates over Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam was expected to be completed ahead of its schedule of September 2017, it is likely to be completed by March next year. She appreciated her mentor and PM Modi’s approval to install gates over the dam just 17th days after taking the charge as Prime Minister. Gujarat BJP president Vijay Rupani and couple of Gujarat ministers were also present in the function.