Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today said Congress adopted economic policies which could not solve the problems of farmers, labourers and the poor in 55 years.
He said contrary to Congress' policies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government was framing policies keeping poor as the centerpoint.
"From the time of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, economic policies adopted by Congress in 55 years failed to solve the problems of villages, the poor, labourers and farmers," he said during a 'Jansamvad' programme here.
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He said, "Congress has taken the country backwards. I am not levelling political allegations, but Congress has to reply. Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and now Rahul say that poverty has to be alleviated, but it has not happened."
Gadkari said that BJP has moved ahead with nationalism, good governance and 'antyodaya' as its base and would continue to do so.
He said the central government would move ahead by keeping villages, farmers and labourers as the centerpoint and added that youths would be given job-oriented education and skill development.
The Union Minister claimed that many decisions were not taken in the last 50 years but it was done in one and half years by Modi government, even though he stressed that the problems could not be sorted out in such a short span of time.
He said that it all happened due to lack of vision, wrong economic policies and leadership and emphasised that instead of caste politics, politics of development should be done.
He said the Modi government was moving with the concept of technology, innovation, research, entrepreneurship and Digital India.
Naidu said that in India the problem is mindset as new
ideas are not that easily accepted by people including politicians and media.
He said Model Building Bylaws have been approved and "now from next month everything will be online. There will be no human intervention. No hand to hand transaction. What transpires in hand to hand connection, everybody is aware. We want to avoid that."
On delay in permissions for the parking lot, Naidu said he has taken note of it and will ensure improvement as his ministry is the nodal authority in this case.
He said the parking lot will come as a big relief not only to the staff of Transport Bhawan but also all visitors to the building. He said that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is already working on several plans to decongest Delhi NCR.
Transport Bhawan will be the first government building to have an automated multi level car parking facility in its premises at a cost of about Rs 9 crore.
The automated parking lot project is being undertaken by NHIDCL. The facility will comprise ground plus seven floors. Spread over an area of 314 sq metres and with a height of 22 metres, the facility will be able to house 112 cars. The retrieving time for cars will be 120 seconds. The facility is being built by a Swiss Company.
