Shah praises NDA rule, belittles Cong govts

Sandeep Rawat

Tribune News Service

Haridwar, June 25

BJP national president Amit Shah here today said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre had carried out mass development works, social projects, schemes and initiatives during its two-year rule. He was addressing the Shanknad rally at the Rishikul ground here.

Shah compared the two-year tenure of the NDA government with previous Congress governments and said their major achievements included corruption-free governance and several projects and welfare schemes launched in a short span, which the Congress couldn’t do during its long period of rule.

“The NDA government has shown what good and visionary governance is by launching the Jan Dhan Yojana, one rank one pension, Start-Up India, Digital India, schemes related to peasants, labourers, poor people and students and distribution of LPG connections to poor consumers. Previous Congress-led governments were involved in scams and scandals and they misused power,” said Shah during his 30-minute speech.

Shah talked about his morning visit to the revered shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath. He said the Centre had allocated Rs 11,500 crore for all-weather roads for the Char Dham pilgrimage.

He took a dig at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and said, “Rahul baba has much to learn about politics and organisational leadership, otherwise, he will have to go on vacation to Thailand or Malaysia every year”.

Shah praised the working of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the world was looking up to India, as the country was on the path of development and becoming a major global power.

He criticised Chief Minister Harish Rawat saying nine dissident Congress legislators, who had joined the BJP, told him that Rawat had offered them Rs 5 crore each to stay in the Congress.

“Harish Rawat is still in power by bribing legislators. A sting operation has exposed his real face. People have made up their mind that only the BJP can give able governance and put the hill state on the path of development,” Shah added. Former Chief Ministers Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Vijay Bhauguna, in charge of BJP affairs in Uttarakhand Shyam Jaju and state president Ajay Bhatt also addressed the gathering.