Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that Manipur was made the gateway for freedom in our Freedom Struggle by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Manipur also had the opportunity to hoist the first flag of the INA.
He inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 29 development works worth Rs 2,450 crore in Manipur through video conferencing, last evening. Chief Minister N. Biren Singh was also present on the occasion.
He appreciated that be it mountains, valleys, forests, villages or cities, Chief Minister, N Biren Singh has achieved success in bringing development everywhere under the leadership of Prime Ministe,r Narendra Modi. Whenever the history of Manipur is written, these five years will be written about as the Golden Age, he added.
He hailed that development has taken place in these five years, has never been blocked, has never stopped and violence has also been controlled to a great extent. Unless there is stability and peace, he asserted that development is impossible and the biggest achievement of the Biren Singh government is that it has opened the avenues of stability and peace as well as development for Manipur.
He also said that Manipur has made a successful effort to come out from the tradition of blockades, violence, corruption, bandhs, drugs trade of previous governments.
Amit Shah said that the importance of organic food products is going to increase in the coming times. In this direction, organic outlets, cold rooms and packing units have been inaugurated at Sanjenthong under the special scheme of Organic Mission for North Eastern Region under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Amit Shah accused that earlier governments used to indulge in politics round the clock, supported armed groups, harassed the public in the name of ransom, kidnapping, drugs trade and bandhs. But now both the Modi government at the Center and the N. Biren Singh government in Manipur have together introduced Manipur to double engine development, he added.
