'Now our Silvassa has become cosmopolitan': PM Modi unveils over Rs 4850-crore projects
Silvassa (Dadra and Nagar Haveli), April 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress-led governments on Tuesday, saying that growth in the country has been weighed on the scale of "vote bank politics" for decades.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi arrived in Silvassa and inaugurated multiple development projects totalling more than Rs 4850 crore.
"Now our Silvassa is not the same as before, it has now become cosmopolitan. There will not be any corner of India whose people do not live in Silvassa. Today again I have got the opportunity to unveil new projects worth about Rs 5000 crore... You had given me the opportunity to lay the foundation stone of many of the projects that were inaugurated today," the Prime Minister said.
He further stated that the new industrial policy is spurring industrial development and employment creation in the region.
The Centre has invested more than Rs 5,500 crore in the last five years on excellent infrastructure, schools, and water supplies, Prime Minister Modi added.
"It has been the misfortune of the country that for several decades development was weighed on the scale of vote bank politics. Projects were announced on the basis of how many votes would be received and from where. Those who did not have access and whose voice was weak remained deprived and left behind in the journey of development. This is the reason why our tribal and border areas were deprived of development.”
PM Modi stated that even after decades of independence, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu did not have a single medical college and that only a few students had the opportunity to study medicine elsewhere.
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"Decades have passed since independence but not a single medical college was built in Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli... Those who ruled the country for decades never bothered about the injustice being done to the youth here. They understood that they would not gain anything by developing this small Union Territory," he said.
"In the last nine years, we have introduced new work culture in the country. We ensure the completion of the work which we started."
PM Modi stated that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre has worked tirelessly over the last eight years to establish the region's first NAMO medical college.
"Education in the English language works as a barrier for the children of STs. It deprives many of becoming doctors and engineers. Our government has provided a solution to this issue. Now, the children will have the option to study in their regional language. It will help students fulfil their dreams," he added.
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- ANI
