GUWAHATI: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday said BJP always work towards development for all sections of the society which ensures safety & security in the country.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Sarbananda Sonowal said, “The state of Tripura also enjoyed peace and development along with rest of India since 2018.
Sonowal expressed confidence based on the performance by the party in the state & evinced retaining government in the state.
“The Northeast India has witnessed one of the most stunning transformation under PM Shri Narendra Modi ji since 2014. The focus of the Modi government to enable & empower the people of the region has helped them to become a force of reckoning today. The empowered region has now been recognised as the new engine of growth for India. This is a huge leap in less than a decade for a region that earlier struggled for minimum development, progress & peace under successive governments. The people can witness the difference in what the region achieved in these 9 years of Modi govt against decades of neglect, lack of opportunity, or respect, for decades under successive governments.”
Espousing the good work done by the party in Triupra, the senior BJP leader Sonowal said, “Tripura has also come out of this shadow of neglect, along with the rest of the Northeast, due to the progressive steps undertaken by the Modi government. Under decades of misrule by the Congress, the Northeast suffered immensely as it lagged in development, lacked in opportunities for its people. Due to policy paralysis of the Congress government, the region could not move into the right path of growth & development. Under Modi ji, the policies like transformation via transportation, Act East Policy made tremendous impact in Tripura & the Northeast as transportation networks in rail, road, waterways, airways and information technology underwent a massive uplift, facilitating growth & development in the region. Both, the CPM & Congress, ruled Tripura for more than 40 years but corruption, violence & drugs pulled back the region. The people of Tripura suffered a lot until BJP government came to power. That feeling of alienation has now been replaced with a more inclusive narrative of nation building where PM Modi ji has called upon all the people join this novel initiative of building a new India. Having won the goodwill from the people, I am confident that BJP will retain Tripura in the forthcoming elections as the people continue to embark on this path of transformation through peace and development.”
On the occasion, Sonowal also unveiled a report on the transformation of Tripura by the BJP led government since assuming office. The report titled “Badlao Jo Hum Lekar Aaye” was prepared by the Public Policy Research Centre (PPRC). The event was also attended by Dr Sumit Bhasin, Director, PPRC; the National Spokesperson of BJP & MP, Dr Syed Zafar Islam and the National Spokesperson of BJP, Sardar R.P. Singh.