Commenting on the BJP sweep of the Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia, speaking at India News Manch 2023 said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visionary leadership and welfare schemes were the reasons voters trusted the BJP in all these states.
In Madhya Pradesh, we fought on the issues of bijlee, paani, and sadak, which resulted in our favour, said the Union Minister who belongs to Madhya Pradesh. Various Central government schemes were properly implemented in the state, and additional benefits were also given by the state government to these schemes. For example, in the Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme of the Central government, the state government added an extra Rs 6,000, totalling Rs 12,000, which made the farmers of Madhya Pradesh trust the BJP. The Ladli Behna scheme’s popularity helped the BJP, he added.
The Congress, on the other hand, relied completely on the anti-incumbency factor; we tried to make it pro-incumbency and returned with an absolute mandate, Scindia said. On the appointment of a new CM in Madhya Pradesh, he said, my family never ran after power or position, we are for the welfare of people.
Changes should not be exceptional but mandatory, and this helps in developing a new leadership. While my name for CM was being propagated, I was busy doing the pending work in my office, which was disturbed because of the election campaign, added Scindia. Speaking about the civil aviation ministry, he said the number of airports was 74 during the 65-year-long rule of other governments, but in the previous nine years the number has increased to 149, and in the coming five years the number is going to touch 200.
In October-November next year, the new airports in Navi Mumbai and Jewar will be operational. He also said that by January next year, flights to Ayodhya will be operational, making it convenient for the devotees going for darshan at Ram Mandir.
Speaking about PM Modi, Scindia said the country is fortunate to have such a visionary leader. The country has gotten such leadership after a very long time, and his only aim is to make India a Vishwaguru.