Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Amit Shah, on the birthday of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, presented various equipment to the Specially Abled and cleaning machines to Government Schools and Community Hostels at a service program organized in Hyderabad on Saturday. Union Culture and Tourism Minister G. Kishen Reddy and many other dignitaries were also present.
Amit Shah said Prime Minister Modi urges that every person should involve themselves in work of service in some area or the other, so that crores of poor, downtrodden, backward and needy persons across the country get help and their condition is improved.
He said Modi has devoted his entire life in helping people living in want. After coming to the government, he has introduced many schemes to raise the standard of living of 60 crore poor people. Insurance of Rs. 5 lakh has been given to crores of poor for home, electricity, water, toilet and cooking gas cylinders as well as for treatment in illness.
He pointed out that the biggest work done by Prime Minister Modi is to give a respectable name to any kind of disability caused by birth or accident. Modi has given such people the right to live with full respect by calling them Divyang. Earlier people used to look at the Specially Abled with compassion, but now they look at them with respect, he added.
Amit Shah said Prime Minister Modi has devised many works for the disabled. Every Rupee note has also been printed in Braille to enable the visually impaired to identify currency notes and India is the only country whose currency is also written in Braille script.
He said apart from this, arrangements have been made for easy access to lifts for Specially Abled persons in government offices, as well as keeping in mind the needs of the Specially Abled in public transport.
`Liberation Day’ not celebrated officially due to vote bank politics
In a veiled attack on the ruling TRS, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said it is unfortunate that the ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ has not been celebrated officially all these years in Telangana due to “vote bank politics” despite some leaders promising to do so. He said he would like to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi for deciding to commemorate the day.
Shah was speaking at the Union Government’s official celebration of ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ to mark the occasion of erstwhile Hyderabad State under Nizam rule merging with the Indian Union on September 17, 1948.
“…when there was a demand in the region that Hyderabad Liberation Day be celebrated with government endorsement, it is unfortunate that, 75 years are over, but those who were in government here could not dare celebrate Hyderabad Liberation Day due to vote bank politics,” he charged.
In an apparent reference to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, he said many people had promised during elections and agitations to commemorate the day but went back on them after coming to power.
“Many people had made promises, during elections and during agitations. But, after coming to power, they turned back due to the fear of ‘Razakars’ (armed supporters of Nizam rule),” he said.
Shah said he is not surprised but happy that everybody now celebrates the day after Modi taking the decision.”They celebrate the day. But, it is not called ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’. There is still fear in the mind. I would like to tell them that remove that fear. ‘Razakars’ cannot make decisions in this country. It has been 75 years since this country got independence,” he said.added.
