Kanthi, Mar 24 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the people of West Bengal have decided for “Asol Poriborton” on May when the people will show the door to Didi (Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her party TMC).

Addressing a rally for the BJP candidates, Mr Modi said the people of Nandigram have an answer and they would reply fittingly on May 2 for her blame game on the people of Medinipur district.

Launching a scathing attack on the TMC chairperson Ms Banerjee, Mr Modi charged her with spreading hatred against Indians by calling all Indians as “Bohiragoto” (outsiders) who

ever come in Bengal.

“We are not bohiragoto (outsiders) we are Indians and we all recite

Jana Gana Mana composed by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore,” Mr Modi said and assured the people that a BJP chief minister will be from this land only.

Mr Modi said addressing the crowd that “Asol Poriborton is the need of the hour in West Bengal,” to bring all round development for a “Sonar Bangla”.

“On May 2, Didi will go and Asol Poriborton will come,” Mr Modi said, adding that the people were yearning to show the door to Didi on May 2, the day results for the West Bengal Assembly Election will be announced.

“‘On 2 May, Didi jacche, ashol poriborton asche’ can be heard across

Bengal,” the PM said amid cheer from the gathering, who chanted

Modi Modi and Jay Shree Ram.

Taking a dig at the TMC for alleged rampant corruption, cut money, tola buzz and syndicate business across the state Mr Modi said “Didi, even the children of West Bengal have understood your khela.”

Mr Modi said that the game of Didi was now over and Vikas for BJP would begin.

He said that the mothers and sisters of state will come forward in huge numbers to punish the Trinamool Congress in this election.

The PM also hit out at the ruling Trinamool Congress over the Cyclone

Amphan relief not reaching the affected people.

“Didi hasn’t been able to answer those who were first destroyed by

Amphan, and later by ‘tolabaaz’ of the TMC.

The relief sent to Bengal by the Centre got stuck in the ‘Bhaipo

window’. Didi, Bengal wants to know who looted the relief for Amphan?”

the PM asked.

“Why are Amphan-struck people still forced to live under shattered

roofs? Didi is nowhere to be seen when there is a need but when

elections draw near,

she says ‘Sarkar Duare-Duare’. This is their (TMC) khela. Even the

children in Bengal have understood it,” Mr Modi said adding now the

Didi brought 10

angikars ( promises).

Slamming the TMC chief Mr Modi said, “Everyone has understood what

Didi is doing. She just makes empty promises before the elections and

is not seen thereafter.”

Mr Modi said West Bengal’s development was the BJP’s commitment. “We

will work for Bengal’s bright future.”

“I see a sea of people everywhere I go in Bengal,” PM Modi said in

the rally.

Repeating his call for ‘Asol poriborton’, the Prime minister said that “On May 2, didi ja che, Asol Paribartan acche.” (On May 2, Mamata Banerjee will go, real change will come)

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Panaji, Mar 24 : Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte on Wednesday alleged that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had nothing during the last two years of his tenure.

Speaking to reporters at the Assembly Complex at Porvorim, he said,’Completion of two years in the office is a tribute to his bosses at the Centre to please them and ensure that the seat is proper. I do not think Pramod Sawant has done anything for the state. Everybody knows what the status is. I would comment less. I would only wish him that he should protect Mhadei, Mollem and take pledge to protect Goa.’

‘Basically we should salute Mr Sawant for having sold the state to the Centre during the last two years, allowing the Centre to do what they want for their whims and fancies. So Goa is being used for Centre’s equation by Sawant government,’ he alleged.

The former minister said there was need to take strong decision as far as Mhadei issue was concerned.

‘Strong decision needs to be taken. Forty people going to Delhi, coming back and again going is not going to serve any purpose. Ultimately what has happned? The Chief Minister is doing what he wants,’ he said.

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New Delhi, Mar 23 ; Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday paid homage to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on their 90th anniversary of martyrdom.

As the House assembled at 1100 hrs, Mr Naidu said that the great freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev had sacrificed their lives for the independence of the country on this day.

“The trio has become household names for valour and patriotism and they are an inspiration for the entire nation”, he said.

All Members of the House stood in silence as a mark of respect for them.

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New Delhi, Mar 22 :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India’s development and self-reliance is dependent on water security and water connectivity, and urged all to take ‘Jal Shapath’ (water pledge).

Launching the ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain’ campaign on World Water Day via video conferencing, Mr Modi said ‘Jal Shapath’, which is being organised all over the country should become everybody’s pledge and second nature as ‘when our nature changes with respect to water, nature will also support us.’

On the occasion, a Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Yogi Adityanatah respectively, to implement the Ken Betwa Link Project, the first project of the National Perspective Plan for interlinking of rivers, in the presence of Mr Modi.

Mr Modi said the Ken-Betwa Link Project is also part of this vision. He lauded both the Government of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for making this project a reality.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Modi said the agreement is important to realise Atal ji’s dream in the interest of millions of families of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. He said rapid development is not possible without water security and effective water management.

The Prime Minister noted that apart from rain water harvesting, the management of river water in our country has also been discussed for decades.

Mr Modi also interacted with sarpanches and ward panches in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

The Prime Minister noted that the challenge of the water crisis is increasing equally with India’s development. He said it is the responsibility of the present generation of the country to fulfill its responsibility for the generations to come.

He talked about Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna, water campaign to every farm – Har Khet ko Paani, ‘Per Drop More Crop’ campaign and NamamiGange Mission, Jal Jeevan Mission or Atal Bhujal Yojana. Work is being undertaken rapidly on all these schemes, he said.

The Prime Minister pointed out that the better India manages rainwater, the lesser the country’s dependence on groundwater.

He called upon to step up water conservation efforts in the days leading upto Monsoon.

He expressed happiness that after the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, about 4 crore new families have piped drinking water connections in such a short time. He noted that public participation and local governance model are at the core of the Jal Jeevan Mission.

Stating that during the Corona period itself, about 4.5 lakh women were trained for water testing, he claimed that every village is getting at least 5 trained women for water testing.

In the concluding remarks, Mr Modi said better results are a certainty with increased participation of women in water governance.

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