Shillong, Feb 14: BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda addressed a huge public meeting at Jhalupara Taxi Stand Ground, Shillong on Tuesday and urged the people to build a corruption-free Meghalaya under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He appealed to the people to form a double engine government in Meghalaya. Meghalaya BJP President and candidate from West Shillong, Ernest Mawrie, party’s national secretary and BJP co-incharge of Meghalaya, Rituraj Sinha, South Shillong candidate, Sanbor Shullai and BJP candidate from Pynthorumkhrah, AL Hek were also present.
Nadda said it is clearly visible from the enthusiasm of the people and the support being received by the BJP in Meghalaya that the people have decided to give a clear majority to the BJP. The people are determined to form the BJP government in Meghalaya.
The BJP chief said that ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government came to power at the Centre under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and ever since he has focused on the development of the North East, the competition for development has started here. “It is our endeavour that all the states move ahead on the path of development at a fast pace. However, Meghalaya is finding it difficult to grow at fast due to corruption and some other reasons. Therefore, we have decided that we will make Meghalaya corruption free in the next five years and take the state forward. If Meghalaya has to be made a corruption-free state, then you will have to make all the BJP candidates victorious and send them to the assembly,” he asserted.
Nadda said that today India has been established as an economic superpower in the world under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Today we are seeing what is the condition of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and many other countries of the world. It means that wrong policy has wrong results and right policy has right results,” he pointed out.
The BJP national president also said PM Modi has worked to bring peace, prosperity and development in the Ashtalakshmi (Eight Goddesses) states of the entire North East.
“The Northeast which was earlier known for bandh, blockade, insurgency, is today known for peace, prosperity and happiness. About 850 Jan-Dhan Vikas Kendras have been opened in the Northeast, out of which 39 have been opened in Meghalaya. About Rs 9 lakh crore is being spent on the infrastructure development of the entire Northeast. About Rs 3,400 crore has been spent on the North East Special Infrastructure Development. Respected Prime Minister is working on the mantra of “HIRA” for the development of North East. Here ‘H’ stands for Highway, ‘I’ stands for Internet, ‘R’ stands for Railways and ‘A’ stands for Airway Development. 39 Eklavya Model Schools have also been opened in Meghalaya,” he informed.
The BJP chief further said that just on 18th December 2022, PM Modi had inaugurated and laid foundation stones of various projects worth about Rs 2450 crore during the Golden Jubilee celebration of the NEC. He also inaugurated the new campus of IIM Shillong at Umsawali and the Shillong-Dingpasoh road, inaugurated the spawn laboratory at the Mushroom Development Centre, an Integrated Beekeeping Development Center, and also laid the foundation stone for a road project in Meghalaya. He also laid the foundation stone of Integrated Hospitality and Convention Center at Tura and Shillong Technology Park Phase-II during the event. The central government has also allocated around Rs 196 crore for Shillong Smart City.
Nadda said that the Modi government has given a new pace to development in Meghalaya. About 2.10 lakh gas connections were distributed in Meghalaya under PM Ujjwala Yojana, about 70,000 houses were built under PM Awas Yojana, about 3.40 lakh houses were connected with Jal Jeevan Mission and about 2.70 lakh toilets were constructed. About two lakh farmers are being benefited in Meghalaya under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. Under the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, about 80 crore people of the country are being provided free 5 kg wheat/rice and one kg pulses for the last two and a half years. In Meghalaya also, about 22 lakh people are getting the benefit of this scheme. Electricity has been provided to all the houses. Ayushman Bharat is proving to be a boon for the people here.
Nadda also took the opportunity to take pot shots at the TMC and said the West Bengal based party is rooted in money laundering, mafiaraj and corruption, besides encouraging illegal immigration from the neighbouring nation for votes. He said, “I have come to know that nowadays some TMC has come here even after doing this. ‘T’ stands for Tola Baazi, ‘M’ stands for Money Laundering and Mafiaraj and ‘C’ stands for Corruption and Commission. These people are the people who do politics by dividing the society. These are the people who are destroying the culture here. These are the people who do politics on the basis of religion. Moreover, they call people from other countries also for votes. Such people should never be allowed to come into the mainstream here. As far as Congress is concerned – it is neither here nor there. They have neither any ideology nor any faith. They fight separately in Kerala, unite in Tripura, unite in West Bengal. All they want is power.”
