Exhorting people from Ghazipur to visit their villages at least once in a year, Minister of State for Railway, Manoj Sinha, said that the time had come to think about the village and city where one was born and the place which gave an identity of which one was proud of.
Speaking at a seminar, Ghazipur Samagam, here on Sunday, Sinha said that the people who belonged to Ghazipur should develop a community feeling which could help in extending bonhomie among the people of this region.
“The people who can afford should donate to improve infrastructure in schools because this is the place which builds character in a child,” he said.
Sinha said in the last four years, infrastructure in Ghazipur had improved. He said the city would be connected through air with New Delhi and Lucknow very soon.
“Ghazipur is now connected with all the major cities of the country. By 2022, Ghazipur will be connected with Mau through rail line,” Sinha, who is MP from Ghazipur, said.
Elaborating on the achievements of the Narendra Modi government, he said the Union government opened Jan Dhan accounts and gave free LPG connections to eight crore below poverty line (BPL families) across the country.
“This is the first government in the country which is working for the welfare of villagers and villages,” he said.
“At present, we are the sixth largest economy of the world and very soon we will be fifth largest economy because the way we are progressing, no one can stop our march,” he said.
Later, talking to reporters, Sinha said that Ram temple would be constructed at Ayodhya. He said there were only two options – one through judicial intervention and second by mutual consent.
“Everyone in India wants Ram temple at Ayodhya and it will be constructed soon,” he added.
When asked about Bharatiya Janata Party’s prospect in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh where exit polls have projected a loss for the party, Sinha said the results would be in favour of the BJP. “The credibility of exit polls is always doubtful,” he added.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ghazipur on December 29 and lay foundation stone of a medical college there. He is expected to address a rally of Rajbhar community there.
The Prime Minister will be visiting Ghazipur after a gap of two years. He last came to Ghazipur on November 14, 2016, when he announced several projects mostly of the Railways.