Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attended a programme to mark commencement of work for Rajasthan Refinery at Barmer. While addressing a public meeting, he said that it was the time for ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi.’ He said, “We have to identify our targets and work towards achieving them by 2022, when we mark 75 years of freedom.”
Remembering Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, the PM said that he was a great man, who worked towards modernising Rajasthan. He also prayed for the speedy recovery of Jaswant Singh.
The PM blamed the Congress for delay in refinery project and said, “Some people mislead citizens often. Their misleading the nation on Barmer refinery is not the exception; it is a norm when it comes to them. There are several such areas in which they have been misleading the nation for years.”
He pointed out several measures to empower the poor like the Jan Dhan Yojana, Ujjwala Yojana and ensuring power for all. He spoke about how the Congress government delayed One Rank One Pension and did not take note of the difficulties ex-servicemen faced.
“For 40 years nothing was done about OROP. Before the 2014 elections a token sum was allocated towards OROP even when it was widely known this sum is unrealistic and too less. It was our commitment to make OROP a reality and we worked towards making that possible… The previous Government allotted Rs. 500 crores for OROP knowing very well this number is not the accurate figure. Is this the respect they had for the armed forces”, he said.
The PM said that for the Congress, ‘Garibi Hatao’ was an attractive slogan. He added, “Congress nationalised the banks but the doors of the banks never opened for the poor. Jan Dhan Yojana changed this and the poor got access to banking facilities.”
