NEW DELHI, July 18: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that under the PM Awas Yojana, his Government has provided more houses to Bihar than the entire Population of Norway, New Zealand, and Singapore.
Addressing a public rally in Motihari, Bihar, Mr Modi said more than 4 crore houses have been constructed for the poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, with about 60 lakh of these built in Bihar alone.
“More than 4 crore houses have been built for the poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Out of these, about 60 lakh houses have been built for the poor in Bihar alone. This means that we have given permanent houses to more people in Bihar alone than the total population of countries like Norway, New Zealand, and Singapore. In Motihari district alone, about 3 lakh poor families have gotten permanent houses,” PM Modi said.
Criticizing the Congress and RJD, the PM Accused them of “revenge politics” during UPA rule. Taking a dig at the two parties, he said they were at the centre for a decade during which Bihar received only around Rs two lakh crores during the 10 years of the UPA rule. “In other words, these people were taking revenge on Nitish Ji’s government,” PM Modi said.
Mr Modi further highlighted the development work done in the state in the last ten years and stressed that it is necessary to transform Bihar into a developed state to take eastern India forward.
He emphasized that the Nitish-led NDA government was committed to creating opportunities like Gurugram in Gaya, promoting industrial development like Pune in Patna, and developing Santhal Pargana like Surat. Attacking the INDIA bloc, he said the development was stalled in Bihar during the Congress-RJD tenure.
“It is essential for today’s generation to know how Bihar was steeped in despair two decades ago. During the rule of RJD and Congress, development was stalled, and it was impossible for the poor’s money to reach the poor. Those in power only thought about how to loot the money meant for the poor.”
This was Mr Modi’s second visit to poll-bound Bihar this month.
(Subham Singh)
