Congress spoke about poverty alleviation for 70 years, did nothing: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused the opposition Congress of solely speaking about poverty alleviation and the welfare of the poor, tribals, girls and Dalits, however not doing something in actuality.

Shah, throughout a one-day go to right here, attended varied occasions together with a ‘Gaurav Utsav’ organised within the honour of tribal icons and erstwhile Gondwana ruler Shankar Shah and his son Raghunath Shah at Garrison Floor.

“Congress all the time talked about tribal welfare in a bid to get their votes, however didn’t do something for his or her well-being. Its intention was to divide tribal votes by fielding totally different events and faces. However the BJP is dedicated and labored for the event of tribals every time it bought the mandate,” he stated on the Gaurav Utsav occasion.

The BJP has supplied varied facilities to tribals together with housing and energy provide, the Union minister stated, including that the get together was now making an attempt to make sure family water provide for them in order that they will lead an honourable life.

Solely Rs 4,200 crore have been allotted for tribals within the 2013-14 Union finances of the UPA authorities, Shah claimed. “However the quantity has now been raised to Rs 7,900 crore…The finances element for the tribal improvement underneath varied ministries has additionally gone as much as Rs 71,900 crore in 2021-22 from Rs 21,500 crore in 2013-14,” he stated.

The protection underneath scheduled tribal welfare works has been prolonged to 41 ministries.

The Narendra Modi authorities arrange 18 tribal analysis institutes in its first time period and elevated the quantity to 27 within the second time period, he added.

In the course of the ongoing seventy fifth anniversary celebrations of India’s Independence, the Centre has determined to revive the reminiscence of forgotten tribal leaders who fought and sacrificed their lives throughout the freedom wrestle, he stated.

“Even earlier than the 1857 riot, tribal warriors fought for freedom. Historians have forgotten these courageous warriors. No one else sacrificed their lives for independence like our tribal warriors did,” the Union minister stated.

Recalling the wrestle of tribal warriors in opposition to Mughals and later British rulers in numerous elements of Madhya Pradesh and elsewhere, Shah stated the Centre goes to arrange 9 museums and spotlight these freedom fighters’ contribution by spending Rs 200 crore.

Rs 110 crore of this finances has been spent to date, he added. Earlier, Shah was welcomed by MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his cupboard colleagues at Dumna airport round midday.

After that, he visited the memorial of Shankar Shah and his son Raghunath Shah situated close to Rani Durgawati Hospital, and paid floral tributes.

The Union dwelling minister additionally laid the inspiration stone for a museum devoted to the Gondwana rulers. The mission is estimated to price of Rs 5 crore.

Later, Shah distributed cooking fuel connections to girls underneath Ujjwala 2.0, second section of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).

The Congress, throughout its 70-year rule, solely spoke about eradicating poverty whereas the NDA authorities led by Modi was working for the uplift of the poor in the true sense, he stated throughout the perform.

As many as 5 lakh home fuel connections can be given in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, he stated.

In 2014, there have been solely 13 crore cooking fuel connections within the nation, largely held by wealthy folks, “huge officers” and people residing in cities, whereas elsewhere girls trusted wooden, kindling and cowdung for gas and fell sufferer to fibrosis (as a result of smoke these fuels produced), Shah stated.

When Modi, “who hails from a poor household”, turned prime minister, he ensured that cooking fuel connections “reached 9 crore girls,” he added.

In 2014, some 20,000 villages didn’t have electrical energy poles and now the nation has made fast progress within the energy sector, Shah stated.

Each household within the nation would have a home by 2022, he acknowledged.

Talking at a BJP perform at Shahid Smarak within the metropolis later, Shah slammed the Congress for looking for proof of surgical strikes in opposition to Pakistan. “Surgical strikes despatched out a message internationally that no person can contact our borders,” he instructed a gathering of BJP’s sales space presidents.

“However folks in Congress stated what’s the proof? Rahul Baba (referring to Rahul Gandhi), many issues would not have proof. I don’t wish to say extra,” he added.

Congress could oppose Modi and BJP as a lot because it needs, but it surely ought to present solidarity within the issues of nation’s honour, improvement and safety, Shah stated. Prime minister Modi galvanized “130 crore folks of the nation” for the struggle in opposition to coronavirus, he stated, including that by way of vaccination figures, India is forward of everybody which Congress doesn’t settle for.

“You make jibes about this as nicely. (Congress says) Modi is doing politics. Our politics is to serve folks. We have no different political ambition,” he added. Shah additionally criticized Congress for describing the Items and Providers Tax (GST) as ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’. “This legislation has been handed by the Indian Parliament and you might be evaluating it to a dacoit,” he added.