Jammu, Dec 10 : Senior BJP leader Ashok Koul today said that Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed real development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
According to a press release, Koul , who is also the General Secretary (org) , alongwith State Vice President Shakti Parihar, District President Vijay Mohan, former MLA Bhaderwah Daleep Singh Parihar, Secretary (org) Vipan Sharma and other senior party leaders, addressed a public gathering under “Booth Jan Samvad Maha Abhiyaan” at panchayat Paryot A and B, in Khellani mandal of district Doda.
“Like other parts of the country, Jammu and Kashmir, too has been benefitted by the development projects and the welfare schemes of BJP government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For the first time in the history of J&K, the people here have witnessed the real development in various fields. Widening of existing roads, expressways, construction of flyovers, extending rail connectivity, upgradation and modernization of railway stations and airports, mega power projects, prestigious educational institutions like IIT, IIIM, establishing premier healthcare infrastructure, medical colleges at district levels, are among large list of what this UT has got from Modi government in less than 10 years,” Koul said.
He added that almost every citizen of J&K has been covered under welfare schemes of the Union Government. “The poor, women, farmers, youth, refugees, displaced persons, all have got share in centrally sponsored schemes. Today, there has been a change in the socio- economic status of many sections,” he said.
Ashok Koul said that large number of people attending the “Booth Jan Samvad Maha Abhiyaan” programmes and rallies are from among the beneficiaries of welfare schemes. They come to these programmes to express gratitude to the PM for coming forward as messiah and make their lives dignified.