“BJP govt built 3,25,822 homes for poor, gave 4.5 lakh plots”

Ahmedabad, 23 August 2012

Gujarat BJP Women Cell President and Mehsana MP Jayshriben Patel today in a statement said that Gujarat’s BJP government has built 3,25,822 houses at a cost of Rs 1,21,404.46 lakh.

Under Sardar avas yojna, Abedkar avas yojna, Adijati avas yojna, Pandit Deendayal avas yona 8,08,824 homeless below poverty line families in 0-16 grade are given assistance for home. 3,13,865 below poverty line families are given free plots upto100 square meter.

As many as 205 Swarnim colonies were constructed during 2010-11 at a cost of Rs 2768.59 crore covering 15080 beneficiaries.

During Swarnim jayanti year 0-16 grade homeless beneficiaries – total 3,73,951 were given assistance for home and construction was completed.

Patel said, the BJP government didn’t just gave false promises but actually worked.

She said the Gujarat BJP government has extended direct aid worth Rs 10,000 crore without middlemen and corrupt practice through 780 Garib Kalyan Mela covering 70 lakh poor people.

Congress is trying to mislead poor people through future treading, she said.

In another statement state BJP spokespersons said that Gujarat’s Narendra Modi government has handed over housing plots to all below poverty line families in 0-16 point category.

“India’s no Congress ruled state government has done this,” the Gujarat BJP spokespersons said adding that the state government has this year started a movement to allot 3.75 lakh hosing plots to below poverty line people in 17-20 point category and the government has already paid the first installment of construction aid.