Doda, Sept 09: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh on Monday said the Doda region saw the return of peace and fast-track development over the last 10 years under the Modi government.
Addressing a series of meetings in the upper reaches of the Marmat area in the Doda Assembly constituency in support of the BJP candidate Shakti Raj Parihar, the minister said, “For almost 30 years, Doda was in news headlines mainly for incidents of terrorism and militant encounters. For the first time, there is a return of peace in the region and people are living their lives and attending to their business in a normal manner.”
He said, “Ten years back, all these hamlets were made of Kucha walls and Kucha houses, whereas today I cannot see a single Kucha house and every single house built on the remotest hills can be seen from a distance as a Pucca house. This is the miracle of PM Awas Yojna which has reached the remotest and the farthest area of every region.”
Dr Jitendra said the assessment of the development of the last ten years can be made from the network of roads, which has today connected each and every village in the farthest hilly points. “The new National Highway 244 is being constructed through the Marmat area which also includes his native village of Kalota,” he said.
The union minister said when BJP is elected in the upcoming assembly elections in J&K, its government will continue the development journey undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The BJP’s sole agenda is equitable and fast-paced development of all regions of Jammu and Kashmir. Only BJP can ensure all-round development of J&K’, without any discrimination on the basis of caste, creed or region,” he stated.
The minister lashed out at the Opposition, accusing them of pursuing the politics of division. “They don’t have any concrete policies for the development of Jammu & Kashmir,” he said, adding that this election will be a fight between the development agenda of BJP and the vote bank politics of the Opposition.
“These parties have been promoting nepotism and corruption, whereas BJP gave a transparent and merit-based governance,” he added.
