Sonowal bats for ‘holistic development of Nagaland’

February 18, 2023 26 Views No Comment

Mon, February 18 (MExN): Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal today addressed two election rallies at Mon town and Wozuro in Wokha district to gather support for the NDPP-BJP alliance who are jointly contesting in the forthcoming assembly elections in the state.

The senior BJP leader from the Northeast vouched for the continuity of the BJP-NDPP’s work towards sustaining peace, progress and prosperity of Nagaland, informed a press release from the Union Minister’s team.

Addressing the rallies, the Union Minister said that the “holistic development of Nagaland and the whole of the Northeast has been made possible due to the untiring effort by our hard working and dynamic Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”

“The peace attained in the region and sustainable development in the region are the result of the vision Prime Minister Modi has for the Northeast to become the new engine of growth for India. Modi’s love and goodwill for Northeast knows no bound and is evident from his 56 visits to the Northeast in the last 8 years. No Prime Minister of India has ever given so much importance for the development and growth of the Northeast before Modi,” he claimed.

Sonowal further stated that under the Prime Minister’s leadership, the BJP-NDPP alliance will continue to work towards peace, progress and prosperity of Nagaland. “Your vote for the BJP-NDPP alliance is the vote for peace and progress of Nagaland,” he stated.

He further stated that India has now become an important member in the global community. This has happened as India works itself towards becoming a self reliant country by 2047 – a novel goal set by the PM in order to propel economic progress and development of the country, he stated.

The Union Minister added that the “immense welfare schemes launched by the Modi Government is a testament towards bringing efficiency in governance for the benefit of public and the larger good.”

“Nagaland has also been blessed with peace and development due to the untiring effort of the PM to find for sustainable and respectable solution to the issues of the Naga society. I am confident that the effort to propel growth in the region is only the beginning for a glorious era of progress of the region including Nagaland as it gears to become the engine of growth for India in the ensuing future,” he stated.

The senior BJP leader was accompanied by the Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland, Yanthungo Patton; Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs, John Barla; MP, Rajya Sabha, S Phangnon Konyak, among others.