PM Modi addresses Kisan Kalyan Rally in Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Published By : Admin | July 16, 2018 | 13:30 IST
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Addressing a huge public meeting at Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the country was witnessing transformation and 125 crore Indians were collectively moving towards realising the dream of a New India.

Remembering the greats like Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, Aurobindo, Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, Ishwar Chnadra Vidyasagar, Khudiram Bose, Matangani Hazra and Rani Shiromani, the Prime Minister paid rich tributes to them and said that their contributions to the land was invaluable.

The Prime Minister said that the BJP-led NDA Government thought about welfare of farmers and hence it had fulfilled the promise of raising Minimum Support Price by 1.5 times. Terming the farmers to be ‘Annadatas’, Shri Modi stated that through welfare of farmers, the country would move ahead on the path of progress. He also expounded about the NDA Government’s vision to double farmers’ income by 2022.

 

The PM opined that there was immense scope to expand and make fisheries profitable. In this context he highlighted about the Central Government’s focus on Blue Revolution.

Launching fierce attack on the state government led by TMC, the Prime Minister said that it was unable to address farmers’ woes, uplift the poor and generate employment for the state’s youth. He alleged that ‘syndicate politics’ was flourishing under TMC’s rule in West Bengal, which was hampering the state’s growth. He added that the syndicate was operating for the sake of vote bank and to stay in power.

He also attacked the Left party and cited that like the people of Tripura, the people of West Bengal too would reject them.

Taking note of the recent attacks on the BJP karyakartas for political gains in the state, Shri Modi said that these were an attack on the democracy. He appreciated the BJP karyakartas in West Bengal for their hard work and said that despite facing such hardships.

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