Jaipur, Nov 17: BJP-ruled states are more accountable to the Center as compared to the other states, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said on Friday.
Addressing meetings during the election campaign in different Assembly segments of Jaipur city, Dr Jitendra Singh said, “Whether it is the budget allocation or the implementation of flagship programmes of the Modi Government, in the BJP ruled States, there is better coordination in reaching out the benefits of welfare schemes to the common man.”
Stressing the need for time-bound completion of development programmes and welfare schemes, Dr Singh said, “When Modi took over in May 2014, almost half of the country’s population was deprived of facilities like toilets, housing, vaccination, electricity connection and bank accounts. With PM Modi’s mantra of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’, the Centre has been able to bring many schemes closer to 100% saturation during the last 8 years.”
“Whether it be in the unprecedented number of houses built under PM Awas Yojana, water connections provided to households under Jal Jeevan Mission, bank accounts created under Jan Dhan Yojana, Direct Benefit Transfer to farmers under PM KISAN or free gas connections provided under Ujjwala scheme, almost all flagship schemes are near saturation point in BJP ruled states,” he said, adding, “On the other hand, non-BJP ruled states are floundering, welfare schemes meant for the poor are mired in lethargy, corruption and nepotism in such States, thereby denying millions of people the rightful benefits due to them.”
The union minister said that funds meant for welfare schemes for the uplift of the poor, peasants and downtrodden are “squandered by vested political interests” in non-BJP-ruled states. This is where the concept of double-engine governments arises, he said, adding, “States with double-engine governments are also the States where law & order has vastly improved.”
The minister emphasised that full benefits are directly reaching to the needy without any leakages through a transparent and efficient delivery mechanism. “Not a single charge of corruption has been levelled against the Modi Government till date and PM Modi has succeeded in giving a transparent and delivery-oriented administration,” he said.
Dr Jitendra said the BJP government has implemented the ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme, assuring each and every citizen that no matter where you go in the country, you will continue to get free ration. “For the next five years, the stoves of 80 crore people in my country will keep burning. This is PM Modi’s guarantee,” he said.
He added, “PM Modi successfully raised the standards of public delivery much above the vote consideration, based on the principle of justice for all and then left to the public to decide whom they wanted to vote for, and the public too endorsed this approach by returning the Modi government for the second term with a much higher mandate than the earlier election.”
For more than 9 years, the Union Government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has provided “Suvidha, Suraksha, Samman” to women, he said. The minister called for 100 percent coverage of beneficiaries and complete awareness of pro-people, pro-poor welfare schemes introduced by Prime Minister Modi.
