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| Region or religion should not overshadow development: Azad | | | Early Times Report
BANIHAL, June 7: Development should be the main focus for voting any candidate in future and not the regionalism or religion.
This was stated by Rajya Sabha MP and ex-Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad while addressing a huge public gathering at Banihal. While thanking people for voting in his favor in the recently Lok Sabha elections, he said that elections should be based upon the policies and party manifestos.
He was accompanied by Minister of State for Technical Education Vikar Rasool, Sham Lal Bhagat and Mohammad Amin Bhat. He said that people have to keep away from such forces which divide society on the basis of caste, creed, religion, region and locality. He requested people to vote on development not on the basis of emotions.
Addressing the gathering, Azad enumerated various developmental activities carried out in the state by the UPA government during the last decade, He said that during the UPA tenure, centre extended financial support for infrastructure development in the state, adding that the construction of big projects of infrastructure development, road connectivity and a challenging rail link from Jammu to Srinagar was the endeavour of the UPA government.
He said the central government during UPA tenure, sanctioned Rs. 22,000 crore for construction of Jammu- Baramulla rail link to connect Valley with rest parts of Country. Azad said that Rs. 10850 Crores were also sanctioned for construction of prestigious four Lanning National Highway project on which the work is in progress, adding that Ladakh region would also be linked with the Kashmir Valley through construction of Zojilla Tunnel at Z- Morh for which an amount of Rs. 12,000 Crores have also been earmarked.
Elaborating the steps taken for improving health sector in the State, Mr. Azad said, recently, he announced five medical colleges and seven cancer institutes for the state which would go a long way in providing the best healthcare service to the needy of the state. He said that various employment generation schemes like MGNREGA were also launched for providing guaranteed employment for people living in rural areas.
"During UPA's regime, the development was the basic policy which resulted in such a development which could not be achieved till now since independence, he said and maintained that a huge network of hospitals has been created in every nook and corner of the state during his tenure". Referring to increasing retirement age of government employees and eligibility age of unemployed youth by the coalition government under stewardship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Azad termed the step a historic one.
He said that the government has fulfilled the long pending demand of the employees of the state, saying that it would be beneficial for both the employees and unemployed youth. "The government shall fill more than one lakh vacancies in various government departments within two years which shall not only solve the unemployment problem but also improve their socio-economic profile.
Regarding the food security Bill, he said that the Bill was passed during UPA regime which shall provide food security for all the citizens of the country at very nominal prices, adding that this was historic step which was ever taken by any Government in since independence. |
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