Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Tuesday said the Lok Sabha elections will prove to be a milestone in taking the country and the state forward.
He said that India's fame has increased all over the world under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and the world is looking at India with hopeful eyes.
Addressing a public meeting in Sonadi, Barmer, Sharma said that even the basic necessities of life like education, medicine, electricity and water were not properly available to the citizens of the country during the Congress rule.
"But in the last 10 years, there has been progress in development of the country. There has been a revolutionary change," he said.
Sharma said that people of the country have benefitted through various schemes of the Central government including electrification of every house under Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana, tap water to every house under Jal Jeevan Mission and housing under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. The chief minister said that fulfilling the water requirement is the first priority of his government.
"Water supply for irrigation and drinking water is being ensured in the state through ERCP and Tajewala Headworks Yamuna Water Agreement," he said.
BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Barmer seat and Union Minister of State Kailash Chaudhary, senior party leaders and workers were also present with him.
Later in the evening, Sharma conducted a road show in Jaipur's Sanganer area in support of the party candidate from Jaipur Manju Sharma.
Shah also accused the Congress of not giving due recognition to the state's icons, be it Ahom general Lachit Borphukan, first CM Gopinath Bordoloi, or music maestro Bhupen Hazarika.
Criticising the Congress manifesto, he claimed that it favoured the Muslim personal law.
"Himanta Biswa Sarma has stopped child marriages. In Uttarakhand, there is the UCC," he said, drawing a comparison with the Congress manifesto.
Questioning Congress's support for Article 370, he said the entire country considers Kashmir an integral part of India.
Shah alleged that the Congress was responsible for the delay in the construction of the Ram temple, and asserted that it was the decisiveness of the Modi government which ensured that the temple was built in its tenure.
He said the development of the Northeast is central to the overall growth of the nation and urged the people to vote for the NDA candidates in all the seats of the region.
Shah said the Congress-led government had given Rs 1,62,000 crore to the state between 2004 and 2014, while during the BJP's 10-year rule, Assam got Rs 4,15,000 crore.
"There are two alternatives before you -- to vote for the Rahul Gandhi-led INDI Alliance, or vote for Modi-led BJP," he said, urging people to ensure a third term for the NDA government at the Centre.
