ENSURE SCHEME BENEFITS REACH POOR, SAYS PM

NEWDELHI/LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked BJP lawmakers to ensure that benefits of government schemes reach the poor in the villages, a party release said.

Modi has prescribed an 8-point action plan beginning with the April 12 hunger strike against Parliament disruption and followed by plan to connect with Dalits on April 14 – Ambedkar’s birth anniversary — through Gram Swaraj Abhiyan.

Modi spoke to BJP MPS and MLAS through an audio-bridge and listed out a series of events that the party will undertake during the Abhiyan between April 14 and May 5. Modi will be in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district during the launch of the scheme, the party release said.

The Prime Minister would also reconnect with the party lawmakers through a video conferencing on April 22, the party said. “It was great to talk to Modiji, the leader whom the world looks up to,” said Brajesh Prajapati, the BJP MLA from Tindwari assembly segment.

Prajapati was among several BJP lawmakers to have received Modi’s call during which the PM also took three queries from them.

From April 14 to May 5, the Uttar Pradesh BJP has already decided to launch a massive door-to-door campaign aimed at connecting with rural parts of the state. Free gas connections will be distributed at ‘LPG panchayats’ in different villages on April 20. Moreover, April 24 will be observed as Panchayati Raj Diwas.