PM Modi accuses Congress of ignoring development of Northeast for decades

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Updated At : 07:59 PM Mar 09, 2024 IST

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Jorhat, March 9

Asserting that the Northeast’s development is crucial to fulfil the objective of ‘Viksit Bharat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of ignoring the region for decades.

Addressing a public meeting at Meleng Meteli Pothar here, after unveiling projects worth Rs 17, 500 crore in Assam, he said heritage and development was the “mantra of double-engine government”.

He also alleged that the Congress government’s “insensitive and unplanned conservation strategy” led to poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Around 27 rhinos were killed in 2013 but the number of such poaching incidents came down to zero in 2022 due to the NDA government’s policies, he said.

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