Rajiv Gandhi was a visionary leader: Biswajit
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 24 2022:
BJP has no differentiation on political parties when
leaders of other political parties did good works for the
society and the nation and
accordingly the party follows
dreams of late Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi who wanted
to make India a digital super
power of the world, stated
agriculture minister Thongam
Biswajit Singh.
Speaking during inauguration of a community hall
constructed from his LAD
fund at Kongba Irong under
Thongju assembly constituency on Sunday, minister
Biswajit remembered Congress leader and late Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi as a
visionary leader, especially
his dream of making India
a digital superpower of the
world intended to accelerate
development of the nation.
Accordingly, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi put enormous
efforts and has been able to
make India digital super power now, he said, adding that
CEOs of several leading global
companies including Google
are Indians and many Indian
nationals are working at National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) .
According to minister
Biswajit, late Rajiv Gandhi was
a qualified person and did not
want to join politics.
However,
people forced him into politics
and he was the only Congress
leader who boldly said that
only around 35 percent of the
fund released by the Central
government for welfare of the
people reached the beneficiaries and the remaining 65
percent did not reach them.
Congress party is now extinct
from the country and the state
as well due to family politics
and corruption, he added.
While asserting that the present generation
lives for the future generation and efforts
need to be made for the future generation
to live happily, Biswajit stressed the need
for doing something good for the future at
present with lessons learnt from the past.
He then appealed to people of Thongju AC to
examine utilisation of LAD fund by former
MLAs of the constituency while contending
that most of the funds went into their pockets.
He also claimed of bringing significant
development in Thongju AC since becoming
representative of the AC though COVID-19
pandemic hampered development works for
nearly three years.
The inauguration event was also attended by 5/15 Thongju BJP booth committee
president M Rajen Meitei, Bashikhong ZP
member Chirom Jashobanta and Bashikhong
GP pradhan Ningombam Binolata.