Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday claimed that a conspiracy was being hatched abroad to malign India's image and even attack its identity associated with tea, according to several media reports.
Addressing a rally in poll-bound Assam's Sonitpur district, Modi said he had always linked the condition of tea garden workers to the development of Assam and stated that "answers will be sought" from the political parties supporting these conspiracies.
Addressing a public meeting in Sonitpur district, Assam. https://t.co/LnRt81JyB6
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 7, 2021
Modi is also scheduled to visit West Bengal later on Sunday, where he will hold his first rally in the run-up to the state Assembly elections.
Modi launched the 'Asom Mala' scheme for state highways and district roads in the Dhekiajuli and Sonitpur districts. He also laid the foundation for two medical colleges in Biswanath and Charaideo districts.
The PMO said that the initiative will "boost the state’s road infrastructure and contribute to Assam’s economic progress and improve connectivity".
Elections to the 126-member Assam Assembly are due in March-April.
Apparently referring to global NGO Greenpeace's report about an alleged overuse of pesticide in the Indian tea industry, Modi said, "You must have heard in news that these conspirators are vowing to malign the image of Indian tea in a systematic manner across the world."
"I am sure the tea workers from Assam will give a befitting reply. No tea garden worker in Assam can tolerate this attack and I am sure they will win this fight against these conspirators as they are stronger than these forces with vested interest," he said.
Addressing the crowd at the rally in Sonitpur, the prime minister said that he "has a dream" of setting up at least one medical college and a technical institution in each state that will impart education in the local language.
"There is no dearth of talent in the villages and far-flung areas. I have a daring dream of each state having at least one medical college and a technical institution imparting education in the local language," he said, promising setting up such institutions in Assam after the Assembly elections.
He said this will improve medical services in remote areas as more and more doctors will be able to reach out to people in the local language.
He claimed Assam has witnessed unprecedented development in the last five years with increased health and infrastructure development.
Until 2016 there were only six medical colleges in the state but six more were added in just five years. The number of seats in medical colleges have gone up from 725 to 1,600 now, he said, as per PTI.
The Asom Mala scheme, with an outlay of Rs 8,210 crore, will provide inter-linkage between highways and rural roads and high speed corridors.
The Medical College and Hospital at Biswanath will be set up at an estimated cost of Rs 565 crore and Rs 557 crore will be spent on the facility at Charaideo. They will have 100 seats each and serve as hub of medical education and also improve doctor to patient ratio.
Modi to address campaign rally in West Bengal
The prime minister is scheduled to hold an election rally in West Bengal's Haldia today.
Haldia in the East Midnapore district is considered the stronghold of former Trinamool Congress minister Suvendhu Adhikari who joined the BJP in December.
Modi will also inaugurate projects in the oil and gas sector worth Rs 4,700 crore in Haldia, NDTV reported.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is unlikely to attend Modi's programme in Haldia, PTI reported.
The exact reason for this uncertainty has not been specified, but the "insult meted out to her" on 23 January, when Jai Shri Ram' slogans were raised at an event just before her speech, could be the cause, the report quoted officials as saying.
"Madam (CM) is unlikely to attend this evening's programme at Haldia where PM Modi will be inaugurating projects," the officials said.
The TMC boss has also asked her party members to skip the programme, he added.
With input from PTI
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