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representing a cross-section of so- dia during that time, nearly 50 per cent
ciety, the BJP has been organizing of people lived in poverty,” he said.
events for the poor, SC/ST, women, In a related development, coming
youth, and farmers. The idea is to es- out in fulsome praise of the BJP-led
tablish direct contact with these sec- National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
tions and apprise them of the govern- rule at the Centre, Defense Minis-
ment’s efforts towards their welfare ter Rajnath Singh on Thursday said
and well-being. the BJP fulfilled all the pre-election
BJP leaders and cadres have promises it made to the people over
been spreading out to the length and the course of its decade-long tenure at
breadth of the country through events the helm.
such as the farmers’ village parikra- Speaking at the BJP Karyakarta
ma yatra and the Kisan Chaupal pro- Sammelan in Odisha, which is set to
gramme. The party’s women’s wing, go to polls for the Assembly later this
Mahila Morcha, has also linked up year, the Raksha Mantri said the BJP
with women’s self-help groups in a was the only party that came forward
bid to spread the word on the Cen- to change the face of national politics
tre’s welfarist push for one-half of the at a time when it was facing a “crisis of
country’s population. confidence and credibility”.
The party’s Yuva Morcha has Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda with state Dy CM Devendra Fadna- Addressing party cadres at the
been entrusted with the responsibili- vis and party state chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule greets the supporters during the party’s event on Thursday, the veteran BJP
ty of setting up Yuva Chaupals across leader said, “We belong to a party that
the country while the SC Morcha has ‘Workers’ Conference’ in Mumbai on Wednesday (ANI) does what it says. For the first time in
been told to organize and conduct our history, a party came forward ac-
contact and dialogue programmes in ed competing with the world’s largest of the poor too but nothing was im- cepting the challenge to change the
Dalit settlements. producers and exporters in this sec- plemented in reality.” face of Indian politics at a time when
Ahead of notification of the dates tor and Gujarat’s textile industry has “It is my good fortune today that it was facing a crisis of confidence and
for the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP made a huge contribution to this. I have had the privilege of meeting credibility. It was Prime Minister Na-
has been going all out to reach out to Other BJP leaders too have the beneficiaries and interacting with rendra Modi to took this challenge
voters through conferences. sharpened their attacks on the oppo- them. For this, I am grateful and head on. Our politics does not divide
At the recently held BJP nation- sition parties. Bharatiya Janata Party would like to thank Maharashtra BJP people on the basis of caste, creed and
al convention, all programmes per- (BJP) National President JP Nadda MLA Tamil Selvan who has given me religion. Our politics is founded on
taining to the party’s poll outreach addressed the Labharthi Sammelan this opportunity,” he said. justice and humanity.”
until March 10 were fleshed out and in Mumbai on Thursday and took a Speaking further, he said, “Mitro, In a swipe at the Congress, he said
discussed. jab at the grand old party saying that after independence the Congress par- the grand old party took the country
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Na- Congress discussed the welfare of the ty ruled the country and discussed the and their level of politics to a point
rendra Modi on Thursday dedicated, poor for a considerable amount of welfare of the poor for a long time but where the people lost confidence in
inaugurated and laid the foundation time, but little was done to address nothing was implemented in reality.” leaders and elected representatives.
stone of several developmental proj- their issue while in power. “The then Prime Minister of In- “During Congress rule, people would
ects in his home state, Gujarat. Addressing the gathering at the dia, Jawahar Lal Nehru raised the often say politicians make a lot of
The Prime Minister laid the foun- Labharthi Sammelan in Mumbai, the issue of poverty 9 times from the promises before the polls but seldom
dation stone for the country’s first PM BJP chief said, “Congress ruled the ramparts of the Red Fort. He gave 14 kept their word once the votes were
Mega Integrated Textile Regions and nation for a long time after the inde- speeches in which 9 times he raised the cast,” the BJP leader said, in a dig at
Apparel (MITRA) Park at Vansi Bor- pendence. They discussed the welfare issue of poverty in the country. In In- the Congress.
si village in Gujarat’s Navsari. “I wish to tell the Opposition: if
The establishment of the ‘PM MI- you wish to test our credibility, check
TRA Park aims to bolster the textiles all our past manifestos and assess if
sector. The central government, ear- we kept our promises to the people.
lier last year, announced the sites for We have fulfilled all the pre-election
setting up seven ‘PM MITRA Parks promises that we made. In 2014, when
for the textile industry. The parks will I was the BJP president, PM Modi
come up in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, urged me not to make any promises
Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, that cannot be fulfilled. In 2019, PM
Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra. Modi said I should be made the presi-
The PM MITRA Parks is a major dent of the party’s Election Manifesto
step forward in realizing the govern- Committee. We said we would abro-
ment’s vision of making India a global gate Article 370 and now the Union
hub for textile manufacturing and ex- Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is
ports. It is expected that these parks governed by the same laws as other
will enhance the competitiveness states. When we said we would end
of the textiles industry by helping it Triple Talaq, some leaders in the Op-
achieve economies of scale as well as position said mixing religion with pol-
attract global players to manufacture itics would create chasms in the soci-
in India. ety,” the defense minister said.
“Reacting to the chants of Prime With national elections barely
Minister Modi, the Prime Minister Modi at the inauguration and laying of the foundation stone for multiple projects months away, the ruling party is al-
said, “Will the echo of Gujarat be in Navsari on Thursday (ANI) ready in full gear and all set to contest
heard or not? Today, India has start- the elections on Modi’s guarantees.

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