BJP into politics of Vikas & Virasat: Modi

Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that no country could become a developed nation without giving importance to preserving its culture and tradition, and unlike the previous governments, the BJP has given a simultaneous thrust to development and preserving traditions.

Speaking at a public programme in Guwahati, PM Modi said the previous governments could not understand the power of pilgrimages of our country, and they forgot to preserve the traditions.

The Prime Minister said that no country could become a developed nation without giving importance to preserving its culture and tradition. “The BJP has been doing the politics of ‘Vikas’ (development) and ‘Virasat’ (tradition). On one hand, we have brought back the pride of our pilgrimages which was forgotten in earlier regimes. The current government has also given immense importance towards development,” he said.

According to Modi, his government has constructed a record number of colleges and universities across the nation. “The number of medical colleges in the country has doubled post 2014. Earlier, IITs and IIMs were built only in the big cities, but we have built a network of these premier institutions across the country,” he mentioned.

The Prime Minister took the example of Assam and said the State earlier had only six medical colleges. In the last 10 years, another six medical colleges were constructed. He stated that the announcements were made in the latest Union budget to invest at least Rs 11 lakh crore in infrastructure development in the next one year.

“I want to mention that, prior to 2014, the Central government used to spend Rs 12 lakh crore in infrastructure in 10 years. We have set a target to invest almost the equal amount of money in just one year,” Modi said.