Ahmedabad, 27 November: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the world is changing, people now want mobile with basic facilities. That’s why the Central Government has taken up the mission of Digital India, he said that it aims to empower everyone in the digital medium. Mobile data in India is cheaper than other countries in the world, because of this people are getting employment in large quantity, he said. Four lakh common centres in the country are an example of this.
Modi, while addressing the Vijay Sankalp Sammelan at Netrang in Bharuch district in Gujarat assembly elections on Sunday, said that mobiles are being used in the field of medicine, people are getting treatment through mobiles from big doctors of the cities sitting at home. Modi said that now 5G has come, the difference between 4G and 5G is that one is a bicycle and the other is an aircraft.
Modi also enumerated the works done by the tribal society and in their extended areas and criticised the Congress for preventing the country’s first tribal woman from becoming the President.
Modi said that the Congress did not respect the tribals, but worked to honour the inspiration of the tribal society like Govind Guru, decided to celebrate Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary as Tribal Pride Day in the country. Modi said that since the British era, tribals were prevented from cultivating bamboo in the forest. He abolished this law, due to which the tribals have been able to earn income by cultivating bamboo in the forests.
Modi said that along with Jan Dhan, he got Van Dhan accounts opened in tribal areas. Due to this, the government buys 90 things produced in the forests by paying the maximum price, he said that the people of Congress used to do contracting, the people of BJP do service.
On BJP’s resolution letter, Modi said that it is comprehensive and all-pervading, which seems to be taking Gujarat forward in the direction of development. He told the people that the Sankalp Patra is so clear that it is going to win the BJP with even more votes. Modi said that for 75 years, the Congress did not suggest that the studies of doctors and engineering should also be done in the mother tongue of the country. He has started working on it, officers have been started running, while corruption has been stopped completely.
Referring to the PM Awas Yojana, the Prime Minister said that earlier the government used to decide how people’s houses should be, but now the person who wants to live in a house decides how his house should be. Modi told that till now 3 crore houses have been built in the country under this scheme, those who used to live on footpaths and huts, their houses have been built. He said that 10 lakh pucca houses have been built in Gujarat. Seven lakh people celebrated Diwali at their homes, 10,000 houses were built on tribal leases, he said.
Modi said that such a big epidemic came in such a big country, but he did not let the stove in the poor’s house go out, worrying that no child sleeps hungry. Free food grains were provided to 80 crore people for three years, he informed. After this, arranged for the vaccine and saved the lives of the people. The BJP government simultaneously delivered the vaccine to the whole country.
Citing the reason for arriving late in the meeting, Narendra Modi said that he had gone to meet two tribal children of Netrang. One of them is Abhi and the other is Jai. Abhi studies in class 6 and Jai studies in class 9. The parents of both the brothers had passed away six years ago, Modi informed.
6 years ago, they were 8 and 2 years old, he said that he saw one of their videos and called CR Patil and asked him to look after these children. Houses were built for them, fans, computers etc. all facilities were provided, he said that today when he met those children, one said that he wants to become a collector and the other said that he wants to become an engineer. Modi said that he was happy to see the enthusiasm of these children.
