Neglected Regions Received Their Due Under Modi, Nagrota Got IIT, IIM: Dr Jitendra

JINDRAH: Union Minister and senior BJP leader Dr Jitendra Singh said on Saturday that the earlier governments and the elected representatives from far flung areas like Nagrota in Jammu & Kashmir, had not only deliberately neglected the region , but also consciously exercised discrimination as a part of appeasement policy to keep a certain vote bank in good humour.
It was only after Sh Narendra Modi came as Prime Minister in 2014 that the decades of discrimination ended, said Dr Jitendra Singh, and the region started getting it’s due and legitimate share.
Addressing a mammoth byelection rally here in support of the BJP candidate Devyani Rana, Dr Jitendra Singh noted that it was only in the last eleven or twelve years that even a backward place like Nagrota became a part of India’s mainstream region and witnessed overnight transformation with the opening up of high profile institutions like the IIT and IIM, one after the other.
Dr Jitendra Singh hailed Jugal Kishore Sharma MP and Nand Kishore District President as senior committed leaders who had stood by the party in most difficult times despite all temptations from the then ruling parties and who had mobilised the party cadre to pull out this region from the dubious state of backwardness and under-development.
Recalling the state of affairs before, for the first time, Jugal Kishore was elected as a BJP MLA , Dr Jitendra Singh said, the main road to Jindrah was in a shambles and the water scarcity was so acute that people here had never even seen a tubewell.
Dr Jitendra Singh said,connectivity and delivery of basic services has been significantly improved to bring Jammu and Kashmir at par with the rest of India. He said, the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway corridor, passing through Nagrota, is nearing completion and will reduce travel time to just about least six hours or so for Delhi.
The Modi government has sought to change the political culture to reach out to those who need us the most without consideration of vote bank, said Dr Jitendra Singh and cited schemes like PM Ujwala yojana for woman which provided a gas cylinder to every needy housewife regardless of whom she had voted for PM Avas Yojana providing a house to homeless regardless of whom the householders voted for.
Stating that BJP has brought fruits of development to the doorstep of every section of society, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the party does not engage in vote bank politics. He said, the party believes in justice for all, rising above narrow considerations of caste, creed and region. He said Prime Minister Modi ushered in a new culture of governance to ensure equitable development of all regions.
Making a special appeal to the youth, whom he described as key voters of today, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the youth today has a mind of his own which cannot be swayed easily and therefore he was not here to persuade the youth through any political jargon, but he wanted them to go home and ask themselves where their future was safe and promising, and they will themselves draw the conclusion that there was no better alternative than a party which was led by Modi, guided by Modi and also whose each worker was accountable for his or her performance.
Striking a personal cord with the voters, Dr Jitendra Singh disclosed that his grandmother Durga Devi, who passed away 25 years back at the age of around 93, hailed from Jindrah. That was early 20the century, he recalled, when a girl child was painfully deprived of the attention or grooming available to her male siblings. We have a come circle since then and PM Modi is today according high priority to ensure equal justice to the girl child, he added
Senior BJP leaders, including MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, party’s district president Nand Kishore Sharma, MLAs Balwant Singh Mankotia, Pawan Kumar Gupta, Dr Manyal and Dr Bhagat were among those who also addressed the rally.