New Delhi:
Stepping up the assault on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the occasion of ignoring BR Ambedkar’s contribution to the nation and all the time giving the credit score to at least one household. The PM’s feedback, made throughout an occasion to put the inspiration stone of the Ken-Betwa river linking challenge in Madhya Pradesh, got here amid a row over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on BR Ambedkar, which have attracted criticism from the Congress and different opposition events.
Speaking on the occasion in Khajuraho, PM Modi additionally stated solely nations with well-managed water sources could make progress and that Ambedkar’s imaginative and prescient performed a big position in strengthening the nation’s water sources.
“Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s imaginative and prescient and farsightedness have contributed considerably to strengthening India’s water sources, water administration, and dam development. Ambedkar ji performed a vital position within the growth of main river valley initiatives in India. His efforts are additionally behind the formation of the present Central Water Commission,” the PM stated
But the Congress occasion, he stated, by no means paid heed to the nation’s rising want for water conservation and didn’t recognise the efforts of the architect of the Constitution as a water conservationist. Congress and governance don’t go collectively, the PM emphasised, including that previous Congress governments delayed initiatives for 35-40 years after laying their basis stones.
“The main problem of the twenty first century is water safety. In the twenty first century, solely these international locations which have ample water sources with correct administration will transfer ahead,” he stated.
The PM’s assault follows related scathing remarks towards the Congress over the Ambedkar situation by Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Assam Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis, Yogi Adityanath and Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The Congress has hit again, accusing the BJP of being hostile to democracy and the Constitution.
“The BJP and the Sangh have all the time opposed the makers of the Constitution, the protectors of the Constitution, the givers of freedom, and the protectors of democracy. All these info clearly point out that the Sangh, BJP, and their affiliated organisations can not tolerate democracy and the Constitution in any type,” Congress chief Surendra Rajput stated.
The controversy was ignited final week, when Mr Shah stated in Parliament that taking Ambedkar’s title had change into a style.
“Abhi ek style ho gaya hai – Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. Itna naam agar bhagwan ka lete to saat janmon tak swarg mil jata (It has change into a style to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar’. If they took God’s title so many occasions, they’d have gotten a spot in heaven),” he stated.
Solar Project Inaugurated Too
The PM additionally inaugurated the Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district just about, and laid the inspiration stone of the Daudhan Irrigation Project, which is a part of the Ken-Betwa river linking challenge.
Union Water Resources Minister CR Patil and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav handed over two ‘kalash’ (urns) containing water from the Betwa and Ken rivers, to the Prime Minister, who poured it over a mannequin of the challenge.
The PM stated the river linking challenge will open new doorways of prosperity and happiness within the Bundelkhand area.
Officials stated practically 44 lakh folks in ten districts of Madhya Pradesh and 21 lakh folks in Uttar Pradesh will get ingesting water underneath the challenge, which is estimated to value Rs 44,605 crore. They added that almost 7.18 lakh agricultural households in 2,000 villages will profit from the challenge, which can even generate 103 MW of hydropower and 27 MW of photo voltaic power.
PM Modi additionally launched a commemorative stamp and a coin in reminiscence of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, whose start centenary was on Wednesday. The Vajpayee authorities had proposed river linking as an answer for the nation’s irrigation wants.
PM Modi additionally carried out the groundbreaking ceremony for the development of 1,153 ‘Atal Gram Sewa Sadans’, estimated to value Rs 437 crore, on the Khajuraho occasion.