Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the tribal communities in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district and laid foundation stones of development projects worth Rs 7,550 crore for the state.
“There have been a lot of discussions about this visit of mine to the state and various things are being said. Some say that Modi is starting the fight for Lok Sabha elections from Jhabua. But I am not here for election campaigning, I am here to serve to the people,” PM Modi said.
PM Modi in MP’s Jhabua | Top Quotes
- Addressing the people of Jhabua, PM Modi said, “For us tribal community is not a vote bank, they are the pride of our country.”
- Asserting confidence in the victory of saffron camps win in the coming Lok Sabha polls, the Prime Minister said, “BJP alone will cross 370 seats.”
- “Congress ruled for so many years and they got a chance to work but only 100 Ekalavya schools were opened…BJP government opened four times more Ekalavya schools in the past ten years. It is not acceptable to Modi if even a single tribal child is left behind due to lack of education,” PM Modi said.
- Talking about forest rights, the Prime Minister said, “During the time of Congress, legal safeguards were put on the rights of the tribals. By making changes in the Forest Property Law, our government returned the rights related to forest land to the tribal society.”
PM Modi Inaugurates Development Projects
Notably, this is PM Modi’s first visit to the state this year. the Prime Minister’s visit comes at an important time as the country is set to go to polls for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections due in a few months. Among the states, Madhya Pradesh has the highest six Lok Sabha seats reserved for tribals.
During his visit, the Prime Minister disbursed monthly installments to nearly two lakh women beneficiaries under the Aahar Anudan Yojana of the state, an official release said.Under the scheme, Rs 1,500 per month are provided for nutritious food to women from especially the backward tribes.
The PM also distributed 1.75 lakh ‘adhikar abhilekh’ (record of land rights) under the SVAMITVA scheme, which will provide documentary evidence to people for the right to their land. He laid the foundation stone of the Tantya Mama Bhil University which will cater to the youth from tribal-dominated districts of the state.
PM Modi also transferred funds of Rs 55.9 crore for 559 villages under the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana, which will be utilised for various kinds of construction activities, including Anganwadi Bhawans, fair price shops, health centres, additional rooms in schools, internal roads, among others. The prime minister will lay the foundation stone of ‘CM Rise School’ in Jhabua.
The Prime Minister dedicated the nation ‘Nal Jal Yojana’ for 50 gram panchayats of Jhabua, which will provide tap water to about 11,000 households. He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple rail projects during the programme.
These include laying of the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Ratlam railway station and Meghnagar railway station.
PM Modi also inaugurated multiple road development projects costing more than Rs 3,275 crore in Madhya Pradesh, including four-laning of Harda-Betul (Package-I) from km 0.00 to km 30.00 (Harda-Temagaon) of NH-47, Ujjain-Dewas section of NH-752D, four-laning (16 km) of Indore-Gujarat MP Border section of NH-47 and four-laning of Chicholi-Betul (Package-III) Harda-Betul of NH-47, and Ujjain Jhalawar section of NH-552G. The projects are set to improve the road connectivity and also help in economic development in the region.
(With inputs from PTI)
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