Union Minister Anurag Thakur took a jibe at the Samajwadi Party chief, saying the inefficiency of the previous regime has led to decades of delays and cost overruns in major infrastructure projects. Akhilesh Yadav Speaking exclusively to News18.com.
“When someone says they started those projects… they did it 40 years ago and couldn’t finish those projects. We got them done in less than five years. They started with Rs 100 crore and this The project went up to Rs 10,000 crore; cost a hundred times more. Are they going to take responsibility for it? No, they never will,” said the Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Sports.
Thakur was responding to Akhilesh Yadav’s allegations that infrastructure projects recently inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Before the Uttar Pradesh elections, 2022 was started by the Samajwadi Party.
Anurag Thakur, who is also the BJP’s co-in-charge for the upcoming UP elections, said that the previous governments just laid the foundation stone and never made any other provision.
Take the example of “One Rank, One Pension”. He announced it, but did not distribute it. He made a provision of Rs 500 crore. It was PM Modi who doubled that amount and made it a reality.
When asked about the main election issues for the BJP in the 2022 election season, Thakur said, “We will seek another term for the people. We will go to the people and seek mandate for a mafia-free and corruption-free state.”
The Union Minister further said that before 2017, girls in Uttar Pradesh could not roam in the open at night, whereas today they have the freedom to do so.
Speaking about the new Kashi Vishwanath Corridor to be inaugurated by PM Modi on Monday, Thakur said, “All is going to be a part of history, but the person who deserves the credit is Prime Minister Narendra Modi who contributed towards this project.” Dreamed about and constantly asked for reports. , Within five years, he fulfilled the wishes of lakhs of people.
He said that the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya is going to be completed before 2024.
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