SHIMLA, Apr 9: BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi with changing the ‘culture of politics’ by being proactive at implementing various social service initiatives. Nadda was here to address a public meeting as part of his three-day visit to his home state Himachal Pradesh. He also participated in a road show from the state assembly to Peterhoff on the first day of his visit on Saturday.
He said be it 185 crore double dose vaccination, surgical or air strikes in Pakistan, or safe evacuation of 23,000 Indians from war-torn Ukraine, the Modi Government worked with determination in every field. Nadda, who is also a Rajya Sabha member, claimed the BJP Governments had tried to ‘give’ to the hill state, while the previous Congress Governments always looked at ‘snatching’ from the state. Elaborating further, he said the then Manmohan Singh Government had withdrawn the special category of Himachal Pradesh, forcing the state to pay 40 per cent share and the Centre 60 per cent for carrying out development work in the state.
When Modi became the Prime Minister in 2014, he restored the state’s status, paving way for only 10 per cent contribution from the state and 90 per cent from the Centre for various development work, Nadda added.
“Whatever we said, we did. Whatever we will say, we will do (Jo kaha tha kiya hai, Jo kahenge vo karenge),” he asserted.
The BJP chief said the party had gone to the electors in the states, where assembly polls were held recently, with its report card, and the people re-elected the party in four states, adding that the trend will continue in the hill state as well where elections are scheduled later this year. (PTI)
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Union minister Anurag Thakur also underlined the good work done by the BJP dispensation at the Centre and the state. (PTI)
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