Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said BJP stalwart LK Advani challenged dynastic politics and transformed the party’s identity from a “politically untouchable” party to the world’s largest political party platform.

Addressing a rally in Sambalpur, Odisha, Modi said that like former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, his deputy Advani Ji also linked India’s democracy to Inclusion and nationalist ideologies are linked. He said that Bharat Ratna’s convocation of Advani was an honor to the ‘nation first’ ideology and a recognition of the tens of millions of BJP workers and leaders across the country.

This is a recognition of the party’s ideology and the struggle of hundreds of millions of party members. It is also a credit to the party and its workers that it went from being a party with two MPs to being the largest party in the world. “

“Advani constantly fought to liberate democracy from the grip of one political party and guided all. He challenged dynastic politics and linked democracy in India to inclusive and nationalist ideologies,” he explain.

The Prime Minister said his assurance was a assurance within an assurance as his government was the last hope of the helpless people across the country. While assuring the people of Odisha that his party will ensure the development of the state and its people, Modi said the recent budget provides for development of all sections of society including youth, women, poor, farmers and tribals .

“Modi’s assurance means pura hone ki assurance,” the Prime Minister said, adding that under the leadership of Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, crores of farmers have received Direct benefits include about 40 lakh farmers in Odisha. He said Odisha farmers received Rs 30,000 in the bank account of Prime Minister Kisan Yojana.

Citing an example of farmers’ development, Modi pointed out that before 2014, the government procured rice worth Rs 36,000 crore from Odisha through the MSP mechanism, while the current government has procured rice worth Rs 1.1 billion from the state.

“This is because the BJP is seriously working towards giving real power to farmers,” Modi said. Similarly, he said the BJP government is taking all measures to revive the fishing community. He said the government continued to focus on improving the lives of fish farmers.

The Prime Minister also said that the central government is also working to ensure increased household savings by providing Rs 10,000 crore in the budget for rooftop solar schemes.

“Through rooftop solar schemes, people will enjoy zero energy bills,” he said. On women empowerment, the Prime Minister said the Center has also extended the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme to ASHA and anganwadi workers, who will get healthcare services up to Rs 5 lakh.

Modi harshly criticized the Congress party and its allies for “insulting” Droupadi Murmu, whose candidacy was opposed by the opposition parties in the presidential election.

“I have worked with tribal people and understand their plight and difficulties,” Modi said, claiming that they (Congress) have been using tribals as their vote bank. “However; over the past decade, the BJP has been working for the development of tribals in Odisha and other states,” the Prime Minister said.

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