Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the opposition Congress, saying its whole energy was used to guarantee the progress of only one household. All sorts of scams used to happen below the Congress regime, Modi stated, including that his authorities stopped all these issues in the final 10 years.
The Congress lacked the will and intention to present facilities to individuals, he stated. The PM was talking after inaugurating and laying the basis stones for numerous tasks in Dwarka, together with India’s longest cable-stayed bridge between Okha and Beyt Dwarka right here in Gujarat.
“Those who ruled the country for a long time did not have the willpower, intention and dedication to provide amenities to the common people,” Modi stated.
“The entire strength of the Congress has been used to take one family forward. If everything was to be done only for one family then how would one remember to build the country? Its (Congress) entire energy was focused on how to run the government for five years and how to hide scams,” Modi stated.
The Congress might make India’s financial system solely the eleventh largest as a result of the social gathering couldn’t fulfil massive goals of the individuals of an unlimited nation, Modi stated. His authorities’s dedication to put an finish to all scams has resulted in the nation’s progress and the creation of grand infrastructure like the longest cable-stayed bridge connecting Beyt Okha and mainland Okha, the PM identified.
“Sudarshan Setu” boasts of a novel design, that includes a footpath adorned with verses from Srimad Bhagavad Gita and pictures of Lord Krishna on either side. On the ‘Sudarshan Setu’, the PM stated he laid the basis stone for this bridge six years in the past and inaugurated it at the moment.
“This is Modi’s guarantee,” he added. When the financial system was small, it couldn’t fulfil enormous goals of an unlimited nation, he stated, including that no matter little funds was earmarked for infrastructure was looted by method of scams.
When the time got here to enhance telecom infrastructure, the Congress created the 2G rip-off and when it was time to strengthen sports activities infrastructure, the Congress created the Commonwealth rip-off, the PM stated.
When it was the time to strengthen the defence infrastructure, the Congress indulged in the helicopter and submarine rip-off, he added “The Congress can only betray every need of the country. In 2014, when you all blessed me and sent me to Delhi, I had promised you all I will not let the country be looted. Scams worth several thousands of crores that used to happen during the Congress era have all been stopped,” he asserted.
In the final 10 years, his authorities has made the nation’s financial system the fifth largest in the world, and because of this such grand and divine constructions are happening throughout, which was creating “the new picture of new India”, he stated.
The sea bridge (Atal Setu) in Mumbai, the (railway) bridge on Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir, the under-construction vertical elevate bridge in Tamil Nadu and a river bridge in Assam are examples of such mega tasks, he identified.
The PM stated he was lucky to get an opportunity to inaugurate the bridge, the basis stone of which he had laid six years in the past.
“The bridge will connect Beyt Dwarka island to Okha mainland and add to the beauty of the place. Whatever was dreamed of, and whose foundation stone was laid was fulfilled. This is the guarantee of Modi, a servant of the public,” he asserted.
The ‘Sudarshan Setu’ is not only one other bridge however an engineering marvel that may scale back dependency of vacationers and pilgrims on ferry boats. “Modern connectivity is a way to build a prosperous and strong nation,” the PM reiterated.
As chief minister of Gujarat, he had positioned the concept of such a bridge in entrance of the (Congress-ruled) Centre a number of occasions however the latter by no means paid consideration to it, Modi stated.
Asserting that a number of vacationer and pilgrimage spots in Gujarat had been improved main to these changing into favoured locations for worldwide vacationers, he requested individuals to guarantee the cleanliness of Dwarka for vacationers.
Out of 85 lakh vacationers who visited India, a fifth visited Gujarat. “Till August last year, 15.5 lakh tourists visited Gujarat. The e-visa facility for international tourists has helped Gujarat, and created new opportunities for employment and self-employment,” he stated.
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