During his visit to Uttar Pradesh, Modi threw light on the poor friendly schemes of the BJP. India News – Times of India

Lucknow/New Delhi: Emphasizing on the steps taken by his government in the interest of the poor, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Scores of people had become “lakhpatis” by virtue of owning houses built under welfare schemes, he said on Tuesday, while attacking previous governments for ignoring civic infrastructure. answer State.
To inaugurate the conference ‘Azadi@75 – New Urban India: Transforming the Urban Landscape’ in Lucknow, Modi He said that building quality houses for the poor was a low priority for the earlier governments, but the situation changed after the BJP came to power at the Center and in the state.
“There was a time when it took years to build houses for the poor and even then the quality of such houses remained questionable.”
Attacking political rivals, Modi said that before 2014 only 13 lakh houses were approved and only 8 lakh were constructed. The Prime Minister said that his government had sanctioned 1.13 crore houses for the poor after 2014 and out of these 50 lakh houses have also been given.
“Is there any comparison, one crore thirteen lakhs and only 13 lakhs?” He asked. Modi claimed that earlier there was no clear policy regarding housing for the poor and it was decided by his government that no house would be built in an area of ​​less than 22 square metres.
Modi said that during his tenure of few years crores of families have become home owners and as a result have become “Lakhpatis”.
“This is no small achievement,” the prime minister said.
PM said Uttar Pradesh is the land of God to hit And God Dark woman and should be developed. People know the difference between UP before 2017 and after BJP came to power. Modi said infrastructure like roads and electricity are now being developed, which were earlier ignored.
He said that there is a need to understand that urban development can be a victim of politics. Before the Yogi government came, those who wanted to build houses under PMAY had to approach the authorities.
He said that before 2017 approval was given to construct houses for Uttar Pradesh under Rs 18,000 crore. Chieftain Mantri Awas Yojana But the previous government had not even built 18 houses. Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi government was in power in UP before BJP came to power in 2017.

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