Modi’s reference to ‘ Kalari’ reflects govt's sensitivity for U’pur: Jitendra
Jammu, April 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reference to the local cuisine “Kalari” during his address at the April 12 public rally in Udhampur ref lects the government’s sensitivity to Udhampur.
Union Minister and BJP Candidate for UdhampurDoda- Kathua Lok Sabha constituency Dr Jitendra Singh addressing a rally at Udhampur city said that Udhampur is lucky that we have a Prime Minister who is not only familiar with the topography as well as the advantages and constraints of this region but has also been always forthcoming in giving priority to the development of this region to make up for the lapses of over a half of century of Congress rule and bring up this entire region at par with the developed regions of the country.
Dr Singh said it is not an ordinary thing that the Prime Minister of the country thinks of Udhampur and its people in such minute detail that he also hoped to come back next time to be served with a Kalari dish which also happens to be officially designated as the representatives elected from here preferred to nurse their own vested interests instead of taking up the people’s cause.
It is only during the last ten years after 2014, he said, that Udhampur got a network of roads and for the last three consecutive years, this district has been rated among the top three districts of India as far as the construction of the rural roads under Central PMGSY scheme is concerned.
It is during these 10 years, said Dr. Singh that with the personal indulgence of Prime Minister Modi, the national- level ShahpurKandi project was revived after 30 years, which found a reference in Prime Minister Modi’s speech during Udhampur rally also.
He said, that future historians would ask the Congress rulers why they had held back this project for so many decades while this project was going to benefit the entire belt covering districts of Udhampur, Kathua, and Samba or was it their policy of appeasement which held them back from going ahead with this project even though India’s share of water from River Ravi kept flowing into Pakistan.