Excelsior Correspondent
CHENNAI, Sept 17: The Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reaching out to the last man in the last queue and is inspired by the guiding principles laid down by the BJP’s founding fathers including Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay who gave the concept of “Antyoday” and whose centenary year will be celebrated with programmes across the country beginning 25th September.
This was stated here today by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh while speaking to Party workers during “Sewa Diwas” programmes observed to mark the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said, it is in keeping with the essence and spirit of BJP’s core ideology that Prime Minister himself has wished his birthday to be observed through activities rendering service and offerings to the needy and the poor instead of observing the occasion with ostentation or fanfare.
Several programmes initiated by the Modi Government in the last two years, Dr Jitendra Singh said, are a testimony to the government’s pro-poor and pro-farmer prioritization. Whether it is “Jan Dhan Yojana” or “Fasal Bima Yojana” or “Mudra Yojana”, these are all essentially aimed to target the people living in the remotest corners of the country.
Under the inspiration of Prime Minister Modi, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Government has oriented itself to address the basic and more fundamental public issues which hitherto somehow went unattended. In this regard, he recalled Prime Minister Modi’s call to build toilets for women during his very first address to nation as Prime Minister from the ramparts of Red Fort. The cleanliness drive currently underway will not only help in creating a healthy environment but will also ensure a healthy mindset for the society, he observed.
Referring to the first ever ODF (Open Defecation Free) campaign launched by him from Kathua district in his Lok Sabha constituency to mark the birthday of Prime Minister Modi, Dr Jitendra Singh said, in the first phase, four villages would be taken up for this initiative and later the same experience can be replicated in other villages as well.
Tamil Nadu BJP State President Tamilisai Soundararajan, senior State Party leaders and office bearers gave rousing welcome to Dr Jitendra Singh on his arrival at Chennai. The Tamil Nadu State Unit of BJP had arranged blood donation camps all over the State and also presented toilets to the needy.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, it was a pleasant coincidence and a proud privilege for him that within two days, he had been blessed with the opportunity to participate in cleanliness drive activities beginning from North in Jammu & Kashmir to Chennai in Tamil Nadu and further to the coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh.
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