PM has always emphasised country cannot progress unless Purvanchal develops: Aman Sinha

BJP spokesperson Aman Sinha Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always emphasised that the country cannot progress unless the Purvanchal region is developed and he has given the region, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, schemes worth about Rs 100,000 crores.

Sinha, a senior advocate who also belongs to the Purvanchal region, said at a rally here that the fact that Modi chose a seat from Purvanchal to contest elections when he could have won from anywhere in the country reflects his affection for the area.

BJP President Amit Shah has ensured that developmental plans of the prime minister on Purvanchal were ably implemented, he said.

He added that on Sunday Modi launched the world's biggest healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat Yogna in Ranchi but the Kejriwal government has refused to implement it in Delhi, depriving ordinary people in the national capital from getting a health cover of nearly Rs 5 lakh.

"In contrast, the AAP government of Delhi has started discriminating between citizens of the country even in giving medical care. If someone goes to hospital after an accident or due to a medical ailment, the Delhi government will first ask what area he belongs to, see his identification.

"If he belongs to UP, Bihar, Haryana, Rajasthan or any other state, he shall be denied medical treatment, medical tests and medicines. Such a discriminatory practice denying people their basic human rights shall not be acceptable to BJP. If need be, we shall challenge this in court and get this discriminatory practice set aside," Sinha said at Purvanchal Mahakumbh organised by Delhi unit of the party at Ramleela Ground here.

Shah, who was also present at the rally, said his party will seek to identify illegal immigrants living in the country if it comes to power after the Lok Sabha polls and alleged Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal care for such people for vote bank politics.

Several senior leaders, including Union minister Harsh Vardhan, BJP general secretary(organisation) Ram Lal, Shahnawaz Hussain, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, party MPs Meenakshi Lekhi, Udit Raj, Parvesh Verma, among others attended the rally.