Balasore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said his government was emphasising development of the economically backward states in eastern India to uproot poverty in the region.
“We do not want any state or region in the country to be devoid of development and change. In the western part of India, there is economic development. But why is there no development in states like Bihar, West Bengal and Orissa,” asked Modi while addressing a massive gathering at Balasore.
Seeking the people’s cooperation to make India poverty-free, Modi said BJP is synonymous with development and that all BJP-ruled states are progressing, even as he sought a political change in Orissa. “We have heard the ‘garibi hatao’ slogan for 40-50 years. The intention of those who gave it might not have been bad, but poverty, unemployment and diseases increased as the path chosen for it by them was the wrong path,” he said.
Addressing the public meeting on completion of two years of his government, Modi said from the day one he had made up his mind to prepare schemes that would help eradicate poverty. He said he had come down to Balasore to explain what his government has done for the poor. Agencies
