Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi,
while addressing a well attended Congress rally on Tuesday at Shimla - the
capital of poll bound Himachal Pradesh- attacked the ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) state government over corruption and lack of development in the
state. She also listed out various development initiative of the Congress-led
UPA Government at the centre.
Detaining the development works initiated by the Congress,
Sonia Gandhi said “The Congress had initiated development projects in Himachal
Pradesh. Jawahar Lal Nehru, Indira Ji and Rajiv Ji, with the help of Congress
leaders in this state, had brought in various development works here in the
fields of power, roads, dams, education, health and industry. The UPA
Government at the centre has taken some landmark steps by providing the state
with IIT, Medical College, Central universities, Reserve Battalion, Fashion
Technology institutes and a passport office in Shimla”
She then took on the BJP govt. for not implementing the
central sdchemes properly and said “The central government is committed for the
development of Himachal Pradesh and also released huge financial assistance for
the state. But the state government did not use the funds sent under Mahatma
Gandhi NREGA or the financial aid released for the repair and construction
roads properly. The Congress government also had sanctioned huge funds for the
development of Shimla under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Rural Mission
but there are no changes visible here. I want to ask where thousands of crores
of rupees provided by the centre for the development of the state and its
people have gone”.
Focussing the women in the state the Congress President said
“My address will not be complete without remembering the contributions of my
sisters of this beautiful state. I appreciate that the women here do fulfill
their responsibilities in a commendable manner”. “ Aiming for further
upliftment of the women in our society, especially my sisters in the hill
areas, the Congress government implemented 50% reservation for women in panchayats.
We also doubled the salaries of anganwadi workers. We also helped the women to
avail bank loan at low interest rates through Self Help Groups” said Sonia
Gandhi highlighting the UPA policies.
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is posted by pressbrief.in
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