by - Kevechutso Doulo, State Executive Member, Kohima, BJP Nagaland
India is stepping into a new age and people have endorsed a 'New India' marked by the good works of the government, where opposition parties like the Congress are losing elections even before they are announced.
Eight years of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s leadership has made BJP, the strongest political party in a 1.3 billion biggest democracy of the world. This new India is going strong and is becoming more assertive in the global stage, in the right way.
The development journey of India during the last eight years has been marked by unprecedented rise of the BJP all over the country and successive loss of Congress party in the national politics. As a BJP man, one cannot help but bask in this glorious journey. Important elections in five states including the recent one in Uttar Pradesh have added feathers in the hat of BJP by winning in four states. There is high hope in the air that BJP is likely to get a confident victory and enjoy an easy ride to return to power in Gujarat.
With such victory swings, Prime Minister Narendra Modiji is all the more driven to bring about increased development with Atma Nirbhar Bharat as the new mantra. The emphasis on self-reliance is making the country take good strides towards achieving a $5 Trillion economy.
Some of the simple but powerful positive developments happening in the lives of the ordinary citizens leading to national improvements have entrenched the allegiance of the common people to the BJP’s development mantra “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas”.
During the last Eight Years, the NDA has created Pucca houses for over 3 crore needy people, freedom from ODF to over 10 crore families, freedom from smoke to over 9 crore poor women, electricity to over 2.5 crore poor families and made tap water available to additional over 6 crore families.
These are not just data and statistics but evidences of the BJP's commitment to the development and empowering of the ordinary citizens.
Last month as I was travelling back from Guwahati to Kohima by road, I got a call from a friend in New Delhi, asking me about my journey and if roads are still dusty and the risk of landslides still exists in rainy months. As I crossed Dimapur and was on the four lanes, I felt proud to share with him that although the 4 lane highways are not fully finished, it is so good travelling on four lanes now.
I told him that the Dimapur-Kohima road has changed. It may not be like Agra or Meerut and Delhi highways, but change is dramatic.
With the road construction management being supervised by the Hon’ble Nitin Gadkari, a former BJP national president and an able leader from Maharashtra, his unique stewardship and the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji's vision of overhauling the infrastructure in the entire northeast,
Nagaland is also partaking this development with the rest of NER, India. NER is actually set to take on the Act East opportunity, as a result of these developments.
On May 29, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Centre is implementing various rail, road and air connectivity projects worth Rs 1,34,200 crore in the North East. The Government is also carrying out 20 railway projects worth Rs 74,000 crore for 2,011 kms, which are spread across the region.
The Centre is also developing 4,000 km of roads in the region at a total cost of Rs 58,000 crore and there are as many as 15 ongoing air connectivity projects in the northeast, costing around Rs 2,200 crore.
These infrastructural investments are changing the branding of NER for decades as an under developed region marked with insurgency to that of a new branding of NER as a peaceful region filled with opportunities, making it an asset to the country and propelling NER India to take on Act East vision.
These landmark positive changes came about during the eight years of Prime Minister Modi’s leadership. As BJP's foot soldiers - we feel proud about the Prime Minister and his team's work and vision.
Under the mega milestone for 'New India', the Prime Minister has personally guided and inspired India to make huge unprecedented stride on the digital economy. The digitalization began with linking payments and banking systems to Aadhaar.
The Jan Dhan Accounts gave immense dignity and respect to poor families, helping and uplifting them. The cheap internet connections for millions of Indians encouraged digital payment and brought in governance at the doorsteps of ordinary citizens.
This also made another key driver of economic structural changes- the rolling out of GST. These positive shifts formalised the economy, and more importantly, over 60 million MSMEs in India became a formal entity of the economy in terms of wealth and job creation for the country.
Another game changer has been the innovation and vibrant competition among StartUps which the government has tremendously pushed and encouraged.
Today, India is home to over 100 Unicorns, creating millions of jobs for the youth and generating billions of dollars for the economy.
The Modi government has also ensured that the role of the government bodies should be to enable an atmosphere conducive for young talent and entrepreneurs to flourish.
Thus, among other initiatives, it is worth mentioning about the Gati Shakti programme and the Dedicated Freight Corridor which will unleash huge positive changes of conducting business across the country.
In the health care initiatives, the Ayushman Bharat has given healthcare cover for over 500 million needy people. The BJP-led vaccination dispensation programme against COVID19 pandemic and overall handling of the pervasive pandemic crisis too has been unique.
In the most trying times of Peace Time Economic disruption by the COVD19 Pandemic, where no government in the world was actually prepared for, the country has recovered immediately and is on the growth path.
Coming to our home state-Nagaland, since 1963 when Statehood was granted, the journey of Nagaland has been a story of development and multi-phased progress. But the last eight years has seen the generosity and far-sighted visionary approach led by the Central government.
Road infrastructural development has been visibly large. Nagaland and the entire northeast region should now take the advantage and make further rapid strides in all fields of development, taking bold strides with the Central government.
However, we ought to underline that the overall picture should have been brighter still had there been peace in the entire northeast region, and especially in Nagaland.
Therefore, the coming days would be crucial for Nagaland and NER, India to wisely choose peace and development, changing the development landscapes to opportunities and wealth creation through markets. This challenge to walk in the “New India” will make Nagaland and NER India, an asset region for the country, providing hope and opportunities to our vivacious youth.
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(courtesy - Nagaland newspapers)
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