2 January 2017
Salient points of the speech of Bhartiya
Janta Party national president Amit Shah sent from his office during Parivartan
Maha Rally, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
When we launched series of Parivartan rallies, friends in the media used to ask who will form the
next government in Uttar Pradesh when elections are held in February-March.
Today, when I see the turnout at the Parivartan Maha Rally here, I am sure
media will now speculate on which party will come second in the polls.
The series of Parivartan rallies have travelled through each and every assembly
constituency in the state. It is now certain that BJP will form the next
government in the state with two-third majority. After a gap of 15 years, UP
will get a development oriented
government that will work towards making it the most prosperous state in the
country. The BJP government will be committed to make Uttar Pradesh “Uttam
Pradesh”.
When we talk of Parivartan Yatra, it is not to change a few MLAs, ministers, government or the CM but
this Yatra is meant to change the prevailing situation in Uttar Pradesh. We
plan to bring about change at the ground level and take development to the
grass roots.
In 15 years, the shift of governance between SP and BSP and the politics of Chacha-Bhatija and
Bua-Bhatija has destroyed UP. Neither Chacha-Bhatija nor Bua can develop UP.
Only a full majority BJP government under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi
can take the state on path of progress and development.
When we talk about our commitment to development, it is not a hollow claim. One must
look at states like MP, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jharkhand,
Haryana, and Goa where BJP government has brought all round development.
On the other hand, UP lacks 24 hour supply of power, schools and teachers in villages, adequate
medical centres, cheap medicines, road connectivity and facility for purchase
of crop from farmers.
UP is blessed with abundant natural resources. There is plenty of water due to rivers like Yamuna,
Ganga and Gomti, land is both plain and fertile, and the state has most
hardworking farmers while the youth here are both sharp and intelligent. Yet,
the state has remained backward and poor.
If you see the foundation of any mega city in the country today – be it Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Pune,
Chandigarh, Mumbai, Delhi or Gurgaon – it has been developed due to the hard
work of youth from UP. It is unfortunate that the youth from UP, who
has contributed so much for
development of other parts of the country could not develop his own state. That
is because the last 15 years saw governments of SP and BSP that completely
destroyed the state.
I have no hesitation in saying that if the country is walking on the path of development today, the
credit goes entirely to UP that gave BJP 73 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 elections
and ensured a full majority government t under PM Modi at the centre.
Since Modiji became PM because of UP and he is Lok Sabha member from the state, he wants to
usher in development here. Ever since he became PM, Modiji gave additional
resources of 100,000 crore rupees every year to UP. However, the state has
failed to develop despite massive additional resources due to rampant
corruption in state government.
It is impossible for UP to
develop till voters throw out Samajwadi
Party’s corrupt and goonda government in the state. You will be surprised to
know that the cost of the national highway that will connect Chardham in Uttarakhand,
which will cut across the mountainous region and is longer than Agra-Lucknow
Highway, is lower than the cost incurred to build the latter. Such is the level
of corruption under Akhilesh Yadav’s government.
The goonda element of
Samajwadi Party has grabbed the land of the poor in the state and no FIR is
registered. If BJP forms the government in the state, I assure you that these
goons will either vacate the land grabbed by them or they will leave the state.
We gave governments in UP under Kalyan Singh and Rajnath Singh. Both the governments had no
place for goons. There were no riots and the citizens did not have to lead a
life of fear. I ask you to give one more opportunity to BJP and put an end to
SP-BSP rule in the state.
Neither SP nor BSP can put an end to corruption in the state. On the other hand, the BJP has been
in the government at the centre for 2.5 years but not even opposition has levy
even one allegation of corruption against us. Before demonetization came into effect, all opposition leaders used to ask Modiji about the steps
taken to combat generation of black money. But after November 8, the opposition
that was constantly demanding action from the PM against corruption is now
questioning the government’s decision to ban 1,000 rupee and 500 rupee notes.
All these leaders are now crestfallen.
The demonetization drive will help poor farmers, unemployed youth, Dalits, and other
marginalized sections to get an equal footing and status in the society. After many
years, we now have a PM who wants the poor to march ahead and prosper.
The benefits of demonetization have started to show. Banks have cut lending rates by 1% while
both farmers and small traders have seen a significant increase in their loan
allocation. The FD rate for senior citizens has also been fixed at 8%. There
will be more benefits from demonetization exercise in the coming days.
The election issue is not whether chacha or bhatija will become CM but the issue is whether youth
are getting jobs, farmers are getting right price for their harvest, and power
is reaching villages. For 60 years, there were Congress governments
at the centre but none of them
worked to replace harmful smoke in kitchens of poor families with clean cooking
fuel.
However, the Modi
government has provided 1.5 crore LPG connections to poor families in just 2.5
years. Further, the government has provided bank accounts to 20 crore people in
this period.
We also introduced crop insurance scheme at a nominal premium that provides comprehensive cover -
right from sowing of seeds to reaping and harvesting. However, the benefits of
this scheme have not reached the farmers of UP because the state government did
not appoint an agency to collect the premium.
In the last 2.5 years, the BJP government has launched a new scheme every 15 days for the benefit of
poor, youth, backwards, dalits, tribals, women, and farmers. However, the
benefits of these schemes is yet to reach in Uttar Pradesh.
The state government in UP is not allowing these schemes to reach villages because it fears
that if the benefits from these plans go to the masses, the popularity of PM
Modi will go up.
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