‘Viksit Bharat Yatra reaching every corner’
INDORE, Dec 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his Government’s priority is to respect and empower the poor and deprived sections of the society.
He also said investments of thousands of crores have been made in Indore’s vicinity during the BJP’s “double-engine” Government (at the Centre and in Madhya Pradesh).
This will give rise to thousands of employment opportunities, Modi said addressing via video link a programme organised to distribute dues worth Rs 224 crore pertaining to workers of the Hukumchand Mill in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city.
The decision will benefit more than 4,800 labourers, he said at the programme ‘Mazdooron Ka Hit, Mazdooron ko Samarpit’.
The PM also praised the State Government for resolving this issue, which was pending for a long time, and said he was fortunate to be a part of this event.
He said the Madhya Pradesh Government has taken significant steps to transform the lives of the poor.
“I have always said that for me, the biggest four castes are poor, youth, women and farmers. Our priority is to respect and empower the poor and deprived,” he said.
Modi further said that getting the blessings of labourers on the occasion of the Good Governance Day, being observed on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will prove to be beneficial for the “double-engine” Government and the people of the state.
Workers of the Hukumchand Mill fought a long legal battle for the payment of their dues after the mill in Indore was closed in 1992, and went into liquidation.
On the initiative of the Madhya Pradesh Government, the state Housing & Infrastructure Development Board and labour unions sealed an agreement and the settlement amount was deposited in the high court on December 20, officials earlier said.
Modi said he was told that when the package was announced for the Hukumchand Mill workers, there was a festive atmosphere in Indore.
“This decision has further increased the festive joy among our labourer brothers and sisters,” he said.
Today’s programme is the result of years of penance of labourers, Modi said.
“It is the result of many years of their dreams and resolutions. I firmly believe that the families of labourers will shower their blessings upon the new team of the double-engine Government,” he said.(PTI)
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