PM slams previous govts for neglecting people, delaying development projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked the previous governments headed by opposition parties, accusing them of neglecting the people and not completing development projects on time.

"Those who are shedding crocodile tears for farmers today should be asked as to why they did not complete irrigation projects which were left incomplete throughout the nation during their tenure," he said.

Modi was addressing a public meeting after inaugurating the Bansagar canal project and laying the foundation of Mirzapur medical college here.

"I have had the opportunity to dedicate many projects of development to the public in the past two days and introduce new schemes," he said, while charging the opposition parties with "neglecting the people and not completing projects on time".

Referring to the ambitious Bansagar canal project, he said it would provide a big boost to irrigation in the region.

"Previous governments used to come up with incomplete projects and stall them. You are the people who suffered. Had this project (Bansagar) been completed beforehand, you would have been benefitted by it two decades ago," he said.

That time it would have cost only Rs 300 crore, but now it will cost a whopping Rs 3,500 crore due to higher cost of inputs, he said.

This project will provide a big boost to irrigation in the region, according to the government and will be greatly beneficial to the farmers of Mirzapur and Allahabad districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Modi praised the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, saying, "Since the time Yogi Adityanath has led the government, the eastern zone is being paid adequate attention for all round development."