AMN / NEW DELHI
Home Minister Amit Shah today accused opposition parties of misleading people on Citizenship Amendment Bill.
Speaking after laying down the foundation stone for development of East Delhi hub at Karkardooma, Mr Shah said Prime minister Narendra Modi has started a new work culture in the country.
Home Minister said, Prime minister removed the hurdle of 13 legal procedures and gave ownership to 40 lakh people living in unauthorised colonies in Delhi.
Mr Shah said, after the Sikh riots, there were so many Congress governments but no inquiry was done. He said, the NDA government set up an SIT and today the convicts are behind bars.
Mr Shah said, the concept of removing slums with houses was first started by this government at the centre. He said, a long cycle track is also being planned in Delhi.
Shah said that the Union Government’s decision to regularize 1731 unauthorized colonies and conferring ownership rights at a nominal cost has ensured a dignified life for 40 lakh poor people living in these colonies. He informed that 13 laws that were a hindrance to this decision were bypassed with a single cabinet decision by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
Shah said that the Union Government had ensured justice for the victims of anti Sikh riots by forming an SIT and punishing the culprits. He also said that the opening up of Kartarpur corridor was a major step by the Union Government for Sikh Pilgrims on the 550th anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev ji.
Shah also congratulated Shri Puri for successfully executing Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision for Delhi’s development. Shri Shah added that a new work culture of speed and efficiency is now the norm in the Modi Government. He also said that in a departure from earlier practice, this Government is more efficient and tends to complete projects within time limited, and thus the Government that lays down the foundation stone of a project is the same one that inaugurates it.
Mr Shah alleged that 80 percent of welfare schemes announced by Delhi Government remain unfulfilled and major among them are like providing jobs to 8 lakh youths and clean drinking water to every household. He also mentioned that Delhi has the worst quality of drinking water in the country. He added that Delhi Government believes in taking credit of developmental works of the Central Government through advertisements and asked as to why Central schemes for the poor like Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana were not implemented and always acted like a speed breaker in execution of projects.
Also present on the occasion were the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Mr Anil Baijal and Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Mr Hardeep Singh Puri.
He added work to beautify banks of Yamuna rive is on.