‘Congress promoted river water disputes between states’: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday alleged that the Congress neither promoted farmers welfare nor let anyone do the same.
He was addressing an event named “Ek Varsh-Parinaam Utkarsh” in Jaipur to mark one year of the BJP forming the government in Rajasthan.
PM Modi also alleged that the Congress promoted river water disputes between states and cited the alleged delay in completing the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) as the “direct proof” of the party’s “intention”.
“The Congress never wants to reduce water problems…The water of our rivers used to flow across the borders, but our farmers did not get its benefits. Instead of finding a solution, the Congress continued to promote water disputes between states,” PM Modi said while addressing a public meeting in Dadiya.
“They talk big in the name of farmers but neither do they do anything for the farmers themselves, nor do they let others do it,” he added.
The prime minister said that his party intends to promote dialogue between the states, unlike the Congress.
“We believe in cooperation, not opposition. We believe in solutions, not disruption. Therefore, our government has approved and also expanded the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project. As soon as the BJP government was formed in MP and Rajasthan, an agreement was reached on the Parvati-Kalisindh-Chambal project,” news agency PTI quoted PM Modi as saying.