Govt. not strengthening Panchayat Raj system, charges BJP chief
Addressing a meeting at Sriramnagar village in Moinabad mandal as part of the ongoing public contact programme taken up by the party, Mr. Rao claimed that development of villages and their welfare is possible only through the BJP once it comes to power to form a double engine government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has introduced several schemes for the growth and prosperity of the villages, including providing free foodgrains, housing, gas connection, medical insurance, toilets, loans to self-help groups promoted by the womenfolk, supporting entrepreneurship and so on, he said.
The works under way in the villages like building of internal roads, farmers contact centres, toilets, streetlights, burial/cremation grounds, plantation activities and others, are being taken up through the funds disbursed by the Central government, claimed the BJP leader.
Mr. Rao has pointed out that the Centre has been disbursing ₹6,000 per acre to each farmer irrespective of the land holdings every year per acre under the 'Kisan Samman Nidhi', thereby providing direct financial assistance to them. The party chief instructed the cadre to ensure that the Centre's assistance to gram panchayats on various welfare and development schemes is propagated and taken to the people.
The former MLC appealed to the people to support the party candidates in the local body polls for a real change in the fortunes of the villages and the livelihoods of people.s
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