For 4 Decades, Congress Couldn’t Understand Significance of Implementing Panchayati Raj System: PM Modi

GG News Bureau

Chandigarh, 7th Aug. Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress on Monday, saying it failed to understand the need of implementing the Panchayati Raj system in villages for four decades after independence.

“No concrete efforts were made to strengthen the Panchayati Raj institutions during the Congress rule,” he said after inaugurating the ‘Haryana Kshetriya Panchayati Raj Parishad’, a two-day BJP event, via video conference.

The prime minister said the country today is going ahead unitedly to realize the aim of a developed India and to fulfil the resolutions of ‘Amrit Kaal’.

“During the 25 years of journey of this ‘Amrit Kaal’, we have to keep in mind the experiences of past decades,” he said.

The road to a developed India goes through tier 2 and tier 3 cities and through villages which are becoming modern, he said, adding a new hope and energy is visible in the hinterland and in small towns.

The Congress could not understand for four decades after Independence how important it was to implement the Panchayati Raj system in villages, said PM Modi.

They also left the Zila Panchayat system to its own fate, he added.

The event in Faridabad’s Surajkund was attended by BJP President J P Nadda, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, state BJP Chief O P Dhankhar, and other BJP leaders.