BJP will make Meghalaya model state: Amit Shah

TIL Desk/National/NE/ BJP President Amit Shah has promised to make Meghalaya a model state within five years, if his party is voted to power in the February 27 assembly elections. “I am here to request you that today there are 19 governments of the BJP and three in the northeastern states… I can see the winds of change and the votes are coming for the BJP in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura,” he said, addressing two election rallies in the city.

Accompanied by Union Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons, Shah addressed an election rally at Jowai, the district headquarters of West Jaintia Hills and later in Shillong. “I am here to request you that in Meghalaya also, we need to have a BJP government and you should vote for the BJP government so that we can all join hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi … we (the BJP) have an agenda of development,” Shah said.

On the interim ban on coal mining by National Green Tribunal, which has affected people’s livelihood, he said that the party will ensure the mines open and people get employment. Charging the Congress-led government headed by Mukul Sangma “corrupt”, Shah, who launched his second leg of the election campaign, said that over the last 10 years, there is long series of scams, the suicide rate has been climbing and also the crime rate.