Shah: Every region of India is ‘mainland’: Shah in Port Blair | India News – Times of India

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday referred to descriptions such as “this is the mainland”, “the Northeast and the mainland” or “the Andaman and the islands”, saying that all the regions of the country are equally important and that its people have contributed to making India a great have made equal contributions. Nation.
“Whenever I come here or go to the Northeast, people and even officials use the words mainland and Northeast… and here island and Andaman, but I am here,” Shah told BJP workers. I want to make it clear that this is the mainland.” and intellectuals of Port Blair. “People should get out of this mainland and island mentality. This place has made maximum sacrifices,” Shah said, referring to the Cellular Jail, where many freedom fighters were imprisoned for years.
Shah also said that a deliberate attempt was made over the years to downplay the contributions of many famous freedom fighters and even many famous freedom fighters. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were not given due recognition. Inaugurating several projects here, Shah said that the Andaman and Nicobar Islands should be the “pilgrimage center” of India’s independence movement, and the youth of the country should be aware of the revolutionaries who’Kala Pani‘ Punishment in the archipelago.
Shah said, “The islands are very important places for patriots as Netaji had first hoisted the tricolor on this earth in 1943 and kept it free from British rule till 1945.” He said the BJP government tried to undo this by erecting the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, declaring January 23 (Netaji’s birthday) as ‘Parakram Diwas’ and installing a giant tricolor, where Netaji raised it to the archipelago. I was hoisted.
Shah said 14 projects worth Rs 299 crore have been inaugurated and the foundation stone of 12 projects worth Rs 643 crore has been laid in the archipelago. He said that tourism, coconut and fisheries are the three things that change the economic condition of the islands.
Shah took a swipe Congress It is said that in its time one government used to think, another government used to plan and inaugurate other projects. He said, “Modi ji has created a new work culture, the foundation has also been laid by his government and the inauguration has also been done by his government.”

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