Claiming that BJP got 30,000-40,000 votes successful each number spot during the past Lok Sabha polls successful Assam owed to beneficiary schemes, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Thursday said the ruling enactment volition beryllium capable to triumph galore constituencies if it campaigns aggressively successful those places.
In an enactment with media aft visiting a span operation tract here, Sarma said that BJP has not been capable to triumph seats from number dominated areas due to the fact that it has not sought votes “aggressively”.
“We did not attack them precise aggressively and did not get votes. If we determine to question votes aggressively (in number areas), I judge we volition beryllium capable to triumph a batch of constituencies,” helium said.
The main curate stressed that investigation of the Lok Sabha predetermination earlier this twelvemonth showed that BJP received 30,000-40,000 votes successful each number constituency.
“Even wherever determination are 100 per cent number voters, we got a akin fig of votes which we did not get earlier,” helium added.
Sarma credited the crushed for receiving specified a sizeable fig of votes to beneficiary schemes specified arsenic ‘Orunodoi’, a currency transportation strategy to empower women of mediocre families, and ‘Nijut Moina’ nether which fiscal assistance is provided to pistillate students.
“Now, we volition springiness Rs 10,000 to each women Self Help Groups (SHGs). Around 30 lakh women are associated with SHGs, including 7 lakh number women. The number assemblage radical are besides benefitted from the schemes initiated by the Assam government,” helium added.
At the aforesaid time, the BJP oregon NDA authorities successful Assam volition not indulge successful appeasement, Sarma asserted.
“That is wherefore radical are evicted besides from encroached VGR (village grazing reserve), PGR (professional grazing reserve). Assamese radical were evicted from Silsako (in Guwahati) due to the fact that we person been pursuing a azygous policy. We person evicted radical from Kaziranga to wide encroachment too,” helium added.
The CM, however, said the authorities volition proceed to transportation retired developmental works for each radical similar gathering hospitals, providing ambulance services and distributing schemes equally.
“We person not neglected anyone successful this aspect. That is wherefore we person an adjacent fig of beneficiaries successful some bulk and number areas,” helium added.
In the precocious held bypoll for assembly, BJP snatched the Muslim-dominated Samaguri seat, which was being represented by Congress for 5 consecutive terms.
The Assam CM had earlier repeatedly said the BJP would not request the votes of ‘Miya’ radical of Char areas (riverine vegetative islands) for the adjacent 10 years till they betterment themselves by shunning aged practices similar kid marriage.
Softening his basal anterior to Lok Sabha elections, Sarma successful February this twelvemonth said that helium would not question ‘Miya’ votes for the adjacent 2 years arsenic tons of payment works similar a thrust against kid matrimony and encroachment request to beryllium completed earlier that.
In March during an predetermination run meeting, helium further diluted his basal and exuded assurance that girls, women and youths from the ‘Miya’ assemblage would ballot for the BJP owed to the bully enactment done to uplift these sections of the number population.
When asked astir furniture reshuffle, Sarma said, “We person to induct 1 curate from the Barak valley. When we volition instrumentality up the matter, 1 oregon 2 much names whitethorn harvest up. However, we urgently request to person 1 curate from Barak valley.”
Lok Sabha MP from Silchar Parimal Suklabaidya was the lone curate successful Sarma’s furniture from Barak valley, anterior to his predetermination to parliament. He was the Excise, Transport and Fisheries Minister.
“Once I sojourn Delhi, the representation volition beryllium wide whether lone 1 caller look volition beryllium included successful the furniture oregon a reshuffle should instrumentality place. The section leaders successful Assam are of the presumption that we should wrapper up the substance by inducting 1 curate and halt the rumour successful the predetermination year,” Sarma said.
Giving an update astir the Guwahati-North Guwahati span implicit Brahmaputra, the CM said the enactment is progressing good and the authorities plans to dedicate it to the radical aft July 2025.
“The span volition beryllium escaped to usage for each categories of vehicles, but trucks and commercialized buses,” helium added.
The operation enactment of the Rs 2,608-crore six-lane roadworthy span implicit Brahmaputra began successful March 2020. The task was estimated to beryllium completed wrong 4 years.
The instauration chromatic of this span successful Guwahati was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful February 2019.
Sarma besides said PM Modi during his projected sojourn successful February adjacent twelvemonth is apt to laic the instauration chromatic for a ringing roadworthy surrounding the authorities superior and different span implicit Brahmaputra connecting Narengi with Kuruwa.