BJP National president Amit Shah today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Government’s action against terrorism in the recent days has brought the nation in the league of USA and Israel, who have been destroying terrorists and their hideouts by making lethal strikes inside enemy territories.
Speaking as a Chief Guest in the official launch programme of PM Shram Yogi Man Dhan Yojna and other schemes in Godda district here on Tuesday Shah said that in the last five years, the country's glory has increased. “India will emerge as a superpower in the coming five years. Earlier, terrorism was not answered appropriately. But, after the Pulwama attack, the government responded and terrorists were killed in their house. Also, in the past, Pakistan used to take the heads of our young soldiers, now it gives back India the Wing Commander, who enters Pakistan just in 48 hours. The present Government taught how to safeguard the country,” he said.
Shah said on the occasion that like America and Israel, India under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, has also learnt to take revenge of the blood of its jawans. “After America and Israel, India is now the third country in the world that takes revenge of the blood of its soldiers. It is only in the present regime that Pakistan has got a befitting reply and honest attempts to root out terrorism are being taken,” said the BJP president.
Shah said that there has been a lot of development work in Godda including entire Santhal Pargana and State during the present regime. “Here, 4,000 MW power plant, irrigation of 3 lakh hectares of land has been ensured, construction of new roads, many development works including AIIMS, airport, engineering college have been done. This has happened in the whole country. Before five years, the State got Rs 55,253 crores for development work. In the last five years, Jharkhand was given six times as much as Rs 3,12,000 crore for development work,” he said. Continued on page 4
The Rajya Sabha MP said that there was a lot of increase in the amount of budget for poor, dalit and tribal welfare. “A total of Rs 9,000 crores has been spent for development through the District Mining Fund. Development work was done by constituting Scheduled Tribes Commission for the first time in Jharkhand. For them, the amount of budget increased from Rs 11,000 crore to 20,700 crore,” he added.
Chief Minister Raghubar Das said on the occasion that the plan to cover Santhal Pargana's Deoghar with City Gas Distribution scheme is being launched. Other districts of Godda, Dumka and Santal Pargana will also be covered by the scheme. “The task of delivering gas to the houses from the pipeline in Hazaribagh, Ranchi and Jamshedpur in the State is being implemented. Time will soon come when the cooking gas will reach your homes,” he said.
The CM said that the government is continuously working for infrastructure development of Jharkhand. “Today the foundation stone for the construction of three roads of Santhal Pargana was laid. The government is functioning centrally by focusing on the socio-economic progress of Santhal pargana. Here the people's representatives have shown their seriousness towards the public problems while working better,” he said.
On the occasion Amit Shah, CM and other dignitaries handed over appointment letters to 28 doctors on this occasion. Under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Vidya Devi and Lakshmi Devi were benefited by providing LPG connections. The workers of unorganized sector 1,560 were given the benefit of Prime Minister Shram Yogi Mannadhan Yojna (Pension Scheme).
Social Welfare Minister Dr. Louis Marandi, Agriculture Minister Randhir Kumar Singh, Minister of Laboir, Raj Paliwar, Health Minister, Bihar Government, Mangal Pandey, MP Godda Nishikant Dubey, MP Laxman Gillua, MLA Mahogama Ashok Kumar Bhagat, MLA Godda Amit Mandal, Regional Commissioner Bhagwan Das, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Raj Kumar Lakra, Commissioner Kiran Pasi, SP SK Barnwal, IOCL (IOCL) H, Mr. GSP Singh, SK Nandi, alomng with a large number of people attended the programme.