PM Modi attacks opposition for neglecting need of people for last 70 years

Attacking the opposition for "neglecting" needy people for the last 70 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, February 17, said that the BJP-led NDA government is committed to lifting the status of those struggling to avail basic amenities. Modi was addressing a public gathering in Barauni after laying the foundation stone of multiple development projects in Bihar. 

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"The NDA government's vision of development runs on two parallel lines, one being infrastructure development and the other is to uplift those sections of the society who have been struggling to avail even basic amenities for over 70 years now," Modi said. 

The Prime Minister said, " Our government's journey of development is operating on two tracks. To provide infrastructure schemes, industrial development, and modern facilities to the people. To make lives of those who have been denied, exploited, victimized and have been struggling for infrastructure for the past 70 years."

Referring to the anger and grief in the country after the dastardly Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel, Modi said, " I feel the same fire in my heart that's burning inside you."

The PM paid tribute to the brave hearts of the Pulwama terror attack. "I pay my tributes to constable Sanjay Kumar Sinha from Patna and Bhagalpur's braveheart Ratan Kumar Thakur who sacrificed their lives for the country. I express my sympathies with thier families, " he said. 

"Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga Yojana is one of the several projects which have been launched with the aim to transform Bihar as well as eastern India. Under this Yojana, states such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha are being connected through gas pipelines," Modi said. 

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The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone for Patna Metro Rail Project and inaugurated the Patna City Gas Distributor Project by pressing a button. 

Along with the expansion of Barauni refinery project, Modi also laid the foundation stone of Haldia LPG pipeline up to Patna and Muzaffarpur,  a medical college in Chhapra, besides that for upgradation of two medical colleges in Gaya and Bhagalpur.