Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday said that BJP-led NDA will secure 12 plus seats in Assam and he is confident of a good show in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections to be held on April 26.
“As Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA goes to poll to secure another historic mandate from the people, we are confident that we will a minimum of12 plus seats in Assam, with more than 23 seats in the Northeast,” Sonowal said while addressing a press conference held in Silchar on Tuesday.
Sonowal gave full credit to the double-engine government of the BJP-led NDA govt for the transformation of the transportation sector in the entire Barak region since 2014.
With a special focus on the creation of infrastructure, the senior BJP leader confirmed how the BJP govt kept a focused approach to improve transportation, on all sides, be it road, railways, airways or waterways, to bring about positive transformation.
Sonowal further recounted the deplorable conditions of the road network in the region that people endured during the gnawing neglect of successive Congress governments.
Sarbananda Sonowal said, “Thanks to the double-engine government, the road network in the Barak valley has transformed tremendously. This is not just limited to the main highways, but the roads in villages and interiors have also improved considerably, thanks to the focused approach of the BJP govt to improve the condition of transportation in the valley. We must not forget how successive Congress governments let the roads of the valley crumble in gnawing neglect for years. As a Chief Minister, I took note of this deplorable condition and reposed the responsibility of PWD to a person who is from the region – Parimal Suklabaidya. -TIN Bureau