Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday said that bridging the wide gap between the haves and have-nots is the biggest challenge ahead for the Narendra Modi Government at the Centre.
Hailing Modi for fulfilling his commitment to the public during three years of his tenure, Das said that only 10 percent of the country's population is enjoying the resources while the rest is still to join the economic system."We have to bridge the gap. It is our roadmap ahead," the Chief Minister said while speaking to a select group of media persons on completion of three years of Modi in office.
The Chief Minister said that a large number of people have surrendered subsidy on lPG cylinders and made Swachh Bharat Abhiyan a people's movement at the call of the Prime Minister. "It shows the potential of the country's human resources. I have no doubt that India will become economic super power in next 10 years," he maintained.
He said that last three years of the Modi Government have seen dawn of a new era of governance that is corruption- free, transparent and accountable. "The NDA government had inherited a legacy of scams worth Rs 12 lakh crore. But no minister has faced any corruption charge during the last three years. And it is the biggest achievement of the Modi government," he asserted.
Maintaining that the last three years have seen phenomenal progress in almost every spectrum of governance, Das said that Modi has brought the development agenda to the fore, sweeping aside the parochial issues of caste and religion for inclusive growth of the country.
"He (Modi) has earned the confidence of people, who now believe that the country is in safe hand under Modi," Das added.
The Chief Minister also lauded the Prime Minister's plan for empowering women, children, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, minorities, particularly minority women and also flushing out black money.
Maintaining that Jharkhand was playing its role in realizing Modi's dream of New India, he said that the State was getting ample support from the Centre for development. "The issue of special package from Delhi is a political stunt. The state is rich in resources. All we need is to wisely channelize our financial and human resources to make Jharkhand a developed state in the next 7-8 years," he maintained.
On the issue of rising lynching cases in the State, he said that they are the handiwork of anti-development forces who want to jeopardize the State's development. "No case of missing children has reached the police station so far. So, we have asked the administration to take strong action against rumour mongers. We have also ordered a probe and will take stern action if there were any administrative lapses," he assured.