Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], March 23 (ANI): Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party ensured the indigenous people's legal ownership of land which has led to securing the future of the sons of soil.
"BJP government provided support and legal security to the claimants as sons and daughters of the soil and protected local socio-cultural institutions, which remained ignored for years," he said while addressing the party workers meeting in Naharkatia.
The Union Minister also pulled up Congress for failing to act against the poachers of one-horn rhinos.
"It was only in 2016, when the BJP government took charge, that poaching of rhinos drastically came down after illegal settlers were evicted from Kaziranga National Park," Sonowal said.
Sarbananda Sonowal, who is also the BJP candidate for the Dibrugarh parliamentary constituency, also convened a meeting attended by party cadres from Mandals, Morchas, Shakti Pramukh Kendras, and Booth committees, among others, of the No. 92 Naharkatia Legislative Assembly constituency.
Speaking on the occasion, Sarbananda Sonowal said that, under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, our country has been on track towards becoming a 'Viksit Bharat', an Atmanirbhar Bharat.
"As party workers, we must ensure that the people of Naharkatia are aware of the various government schemes launched that deliver welfare to the people. The Modi government has always designed, conceived, and executed schemes with the view that welfare should reach the last man in society. This is the wonderful philosophy of 'Antodaya' that has inspired the BJP's policy-making thought process," Sonowal said.
He further said that the BJP-led Centre is truly the people's government because it thinks and executes schemes that help and strengthen the people of the country.
"Our schemes are designed with the ultimate objective that none are left hungry, or homeless, or remained in the dark, or bereft from the fruits of the welfare state that we are. We are a country of villages. I am a village boy. The role of villages in shaping Atmanirbharta of Bharat is paramount. It is important that our people in more than 26,000 villages in Assam understand the role we must play in helping and supporting Narendra Modi's vision to make our country the most powerful nation and become Viksit Bharat," he said.
Further attacking Congress for their "misrule of more than six decades", Sarbananda Sonowal said, "Congress governments failed to deliver security to Assam, failed to curb corruption, and failed to usher development for more than six decades."
"Nothing could be achieved without a popular movement, be it a bridge, a refinery, or the socio-cultural rights of the indigenous people of Assam. People were deprived of the welfare that the government schemes were supposed to deliver," he added.
Sonowal also stated, "Gone are the days when Congress used to raise hollow slogans like 'Garibi Hatao' without any sincere follow-up actions".
"Today, under the inspiring leadership of PM Narendra Modi ji, more than 25 crore Indians were pulled out of abject poverty in just a decade, proving how inclusive and progressive the governance of Modi ji has transformed the lives of people with concrete action against poverty eradication. The opposition, riding on the hollowness of misruled six decades of governance, is pointing out imaginative arguments, that are far away from facts and realities," he said.
Sarbananda Sonowal also visited the Namphake Boudh Vihar and prayed for peace, harmony, good health, and prosperity of the people. (ANI)
