Speaking of the strong bond shared between the BJP and the Shiromani Akali Dal, Shri Modi said, “Our alliance with Akali Dal is not merely a political alliance to fight elections…this is an alliance highlighting the togetherness!” He spoke of how this strong association has given troubled times to the Congress since, under the BJP-Akali alliance, they were unable to follow their policies of ‘divide and rule’.
Appreciating the relentless efforts of Punjab CM Shri Parkash Singh Badal at charting the growth story of Punjab, whilst highlighting how the people of Punjab had shown their support for development by reelecting Shri Parkash Badal for the second consecutive time, Shri Modi said, “It was believed that incumbent governments change but Badal Sahab broke that trend. Punjab chose development.”
Shri Modi stated that the unison of thoughts of Punjab Chief Minister Shri Parkash Singh Badal and Punjab Depute CM Shri Sukhbir Badal would successfully take the state forward in its development journey, as while Shri Parkash Badal’s focus was on ensuring the welfare of farmers and grassroots development, Shri Sukhbir Badal took the lead in ensuring industrialized growth. “If you talk to Badal Sahab even for 10 minutes he will talk about farmers 10 times. And Sukhbir ji thinks on industry and cities. Badal Sahab and Sukhbir ji are a wonderful pair. They will drive our growth,” said Shri Modi, while stating that Shri Parkash Badal’s organizing of Krushi Melas had proved to be a big step towards making agriculture modern, even as the recent convention of world-class industrialists in Punjab, under the leadership of Shri Sukhbir, had given a push to the State’s industrial growth.
Shri Modi expressed strong displeasure at the rampant corruption in the current-day government, and spoke of how the only focus for Congress was on glorifying their own family, instead of remembering and following leaders like Lala Lajpat Rai. “Sadly the Congress believes that only one family needs to be glorified. They forget Lala Lajpat Rai, but Badal Sahab remembered them,” said Shri Modi. He also spoke of how he had closely worked with senior leaders like Shri Parkash Singh Badal, Chaudhary Devi Lal, Chaudhary Bans Lal and even Farooq Abdullah ji, during his early days of organizational work in Punjab, and shared details of how he had learnt and imbibed the effectiveness of these leaders.
Speaking at the rally, Shri Modi duly acknowledged the contribution of the people of Punjab in the Nation’s growth story, and especially in the domains of agriculture and national security. He underscored the need to give a boost to agricultural activities by focusing on the 3 important aspects of procurement, management and distribution. Stating that value-addition and increase in productivity per acre was the need-of-the-hour for agriculture, Shri Modi said, “Our priority should be how to increase productivity per acre and bring technology in agriculture. For this, I suggest that the FCI be divided into three parts: one that will focus on procurement of grains, second on its storage and the third on the distribution of grains.”Highlighting the indifferent attitude of the Central government towards the farming community of India, Shri Modi stated how the Minimum Support Price was declared year after year, but its implementation remained limited only on paper.
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