Narendra Modi in Manipur

Imphal, 8 February 2014

Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s address to BJP rally in Manipur today morning revolved around the issues related to lack of development and non-delivery by centre and state governments. Nationalist leader spoke about border issue and dominance of divisive forces too. Modi called seven sisters(seven North-Eastern states) Ashta Lakshmi, and added that Lakshmi sits on lotus which is symbol of BJP.

Speaking partially in Hindi and partially in English, Narendra Modi started his speech with softer subjects. He spoke about Manipuri dance and Manipur’s contribution to sports and Army. He said as per Vastu Shastra, North East is the part that should be taken most care of. India will only gain if the North East gains, but unfortunately centre govt policies are not aligned to development of ths region.

Modi recalled how Atal Bihar Vajpayee had created ministry for North East affairs, how Atalji gave special package for the economic development of the North East, how Atalji made a 20 point programme for economic development for this region.

Modi raised a question why China is ahead in export of herbal medicine when we have so much biodiversity and rich culture of Ayurveda. He said the centre has not done enough to take advantage of natural resources!

In reference to killing of Arunachal Pradesh boy in Delhi, Modi attacked collapse of rule in Delhi and other states. Modi promised construction of Silchar-Imphal road and Dimapur-Imphal road that are in bad shape at present.Modi said his offer for police exchange programme between Gujarat and North East still stands.

In reference to 6.5 lakh registered unemployed youths in Manipur, he said when people know English and technology here, there’s no reason why Manipur can not become IT hub. He said the state and central governments have played with issues of national security. Border pillars are missing with Myanmar. Without taking approvals from parliament, the Chief Minister of Manipur signed agreement with Myanmar and said he consulted PM and Home Minister.

Modi said, the northeast region has fallen prey to divisive forces and drug trafficking, and the Congress government has been unsuccessful in tackling it. Insurgency, infiltration biggest problems of north-east region. The Congress government has broken all records of corruption in the North-East.

He further said, “Congress feels that fake encounters is a solution to insurgency. They don’t know such steps will further spoil the atmosphere.”

Modi said, you elected these people for sixty years, but situation didn’t change, now you give me sixty months. There are leaders elected from North East region for last 23 years, what did they deliver?

Militant outfits boycott Modi’s Manipur rally

Narendra Modi’s arrival in the Northeastern state of Manipur was met with a boycott by militant outfits in the state. United Revolutionary Front also called for a 11-hourr general strike had also been called for in response to his visit.

It has been reported that four securitymen injured as insurgents ambush paramilitary patrol minutes before arrival of Modi’s in Manipur.

Deeply thankful to people of Manipur for their warm welcome during the rally on 'New Hope, New Manipur' in Imphal pic.twitter.com/qRbl7FAdtU

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 8, 2014