
Cupboard minister for Industries, Civil Aviation and Labour & Employment Balvantsinh Rajput on Thursday, with out naming Jawaharlal Nehru, said from the ground of Gujarat Meeting that instantly after Independence, India couldn’t attain the anticipated growth since “a poor nation obtained a rich prime minister”.
Rajput, who was with the Congress until 2017 when he switched to the BJP, stated this whereas attacking opposition Congress throughout his speech on the dialogue on a proposal to thank the Governor for his handle to the Gujarat Meeting. He stated, “When our nation attained independence in 1947, the scenario within the nation at the moment was completely different from the goals that had been seen by the individuals who fought for freedom. The scenario that the nation was in…the prime minister it obtained…a poor nation obtained a rich prime minister (garib desh ne ameer vada pradhan malya) due to which the event that was obligatory for the nation couldn’t occur. It may be stated that this particular person when he grew to become prime minister he would go overseas to even launder his garments”.
Rajput additionally stated that had the nation obtained the prime minister that it had dreamt of, maybe its situation would have been completely different. Following this, he added, the nation noticed “a convention of dynastism”.
Rajput is a former senior Congress chief in Gujarat. He resigned from the social gathering in 2017 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) forward of a vital Rajya Sabha election the place he contested in opposition to the late Congress veteran Ahmed Patel, who received by a whisker.
Rajput made the political observations whereas supporting the proposal and particularly replying to the speech of Congress MLA from Khedbrahma constituency, Tushar Chaudhary. Chaudhary can also be the son of the primary tribal Chief Minister of Gujarat, Amarsinh Chaudhary.
In his speech, Chaudhary had opposed the proposal whereas depicting the image of training, land rights and ingesting water within the state.
He stated that Gujarat has a deficit of 35,982 school rooms in faculties.
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On giving forest land rights to tribals within the state, Chaudhary referred to the Governor’s speeches of 2023, 2024 and 2025 and stated that within the final three years, situations of claims of tribals for land being cleared have seen a marginal enhance.
On implementation of Nal se Jal scheme of the state authorities, Chaudhary cited the situation in his Khedbrahma constituency and stated that water has not reached 90% villages, including the MLAs there get most demand of handpumps and borewells.
This has occurred, Chaudhary stated, as a result of the geography of the area is such that it requires separate planning, which has not been finished by the federal government.
“When this authorities has fallen wanting offering major facilities to academics in major faculties, which couldn’t present ingesting water to its residents and couldn’t give forest land to tribals, I can’t assist such a proposal to thank (the Governor’s Handle),” Chaudhary stated.
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