Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBHAL (UP), Jan 15: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shifted the political discourse to “development” in contrast to 70 odd years of Congress party’s political narratives based on caste, creed, religion and other divisive subjects that never allowed India to achieve its true potential.
Addressing a public meeting in a suburb village in district Sambhal of Uttar Pradesh, Dr Jitendra Singh said, after laying a “strong foundation of development” in Gujarat during his tenure as the Chief Minister, Modi is charting a New Developmental Path for a New India. He emphasized that in this new political narrative there is no place for appeasement of any section of society, as his growth model is an inclusive one.
It is now up to us, the BJP Karyakartas, said the Minister, to carry Modi’s message to every nook and corner, and reach out to those who need us the most regardless of vote consideration.
Dr Singh said that just after the earthquake of Bhuj in Gujarat in 2001, Narendra Modi took the reins of the State as Chief Minister and his unstoppable zeal and Innovative governance and policy paradigms created wonders and gave the example of Gujarat growth story to rest of the states in India and also to the world.
He said, Planning Commission data points out that from economic growth of 1.02% in 1999-2000 and minus 4.89% in 2000-2001, Gujarat achieved double digit growth in next two decades. He said, apart from all round development of Gujarat, Modi solved historical and legacy problems of water scarcity through new dams and completion of old projects. Not only this, in the wake of killer earthquake, he is also credited with building climate and disaster resilient infrastructure and his Vibrant Gujarat Campaign made the State a hot destination for investment and innovation ensuring prosperity and socio-economic development for all.
Singh referred to a recent statement of Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Chief Economist of the IMF, who said that India has emerged as “a bright light”, when most of the countries including advanced ones are facing imminent prospects of a recession and the year 2023 is not going to be good for major economies.
The Minister pointed out that it took India 60 years since Independence to become one trillion-dollar economy, but the next trillion dollars was added only in 7 years and the 3rd trillion came in just 5 years in 2019. Going by this pace, India will become a $ ten trillion economy by 2035, as has been predicted by many International Economic Organisations and Business bodies, he added.
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