River Linkages Nda’s First Priority says L K Advani
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Shri L K Advani who is the NDA Prime Ministerial Candidate on Tuesday declared that if voted to power, the new NDA regime’s first priority will be to link all Indian rivers to wipe out the water shortages.
Delivering the Valedictory Lecture at ASSOCHAM 2nd Day 87th Annual General Meeting here today, Mr. Advani also promised that the NDA would ensure inclusive growth to crores of people that are still below poverty line.
The veteran leader said that the gains of economic growth and its prosperity have yet to be taken to large number of masses and it would be the attempt of the NDA to make them part of economic growth of 9%.
On the linkages of rivers, Mr. Advani said that NDA had already done a great deal of work and would pursue it much more vigorously, if it is voted back to power in the forthcoming parliamentary elections in 2009.
Mr. Advani said, “time has come for all the key players who are associated with India’s economic growth – those in governments at the centre and in states, in the political establishment, business community, economists and other professionals, mass media and others – to evolve a common approach towards how to achieve accelerated growth with the primary objective of poverty eradication, productive employment generation, equitable development of all sections of our society and all regions of country and significant improvement in the living standards of ordinary Indians”.
“In the months ahead, it will be endeavour of the BJP to prepare a blueprint for this Indian model of development. In this effort, we seek the views and suggestions from ASSOCHAM, other business associations, think tanks etc.”, said Mr. Advani adding “my party has always believed in decentralization.
On the contrary, the structure of governance that successive Congress governments have erected is excessively centralized and detrimental to both democracy and development. Therefore, it will be our endeavour, if we get an opportunity to govern at the centre to transfer many powers and functions from New Delhi to state capitals and urge the state governments to transfer many of their own powers and functions to local bodies.
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