SHILLONG, Feb 6: Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had over the last 8 years transformed Northeast from a terror tag to a development model and the State of Meghalaya too has been transformed from a corruption-ridden State to a progressive State.
Speaking at the BJP election rally and later talking to the media here, Dr Jitendra Singh said, though Shillong was the capital of the erstwhile State of Assam, but it was only Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who laid the foundation stone, and inaugurated and dedicated to the nation multiple projects worth over Rs. 2,450 crores in Shillong, Meghalaya in December, 2022.
Dr Singh said that earlier funds allocated to the Northeast did not reach the bottom level, but after Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister in May, 2014, funds are reaching the real beneficiaries at the villages and being utilized for development.
He said, the Prime Minister has always given priority to the Northeast and he has visited the Northeast more than 50 times in the last 9 years, while the Union Ministers have also visited the Northeast more than 425 times.
Referring to the infrastructural developments in the North East, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the fast-paced work to connect all the capitals of the North East including Shillong with rail service and the increase in number of weekly flights from 900 before 2014 to 1900 happened under the guidance and close watch of Modi.
