Narendra Modi In Gujarat Highlights: Last PM To Visit Rajkot Was Morarji Desai, 40 Years Ago

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Gujarat on a two-day visit. His visit is focused to shore up the BJP's position with the powerful Patel community that has traditionally voted for the party. The Prime Minister will hold a roadshow over nine kilometers in the heart of the city. He will also inaugurate the Sauni Yojna, a project which will fill the Aji dam near Rajkot with Narmada waters. He addressed a rally in the Samajik Adhikarita Shivir in Rajkot.


Here are the highlights of PM Narendra Modi in Rajkot:

• The last PM to visit Rajkot was Morarji Desai, nearly 40 years ago.
• Rajkot has a very special place in my life. If Rajkot had not elected me and sent me to Gandhinagar, I may never have come to Delhi.
• My political career started in Rajkot. And I will never forget the love Rajkot has showered upon me.
• I once again bow my head down before the people of Rajkot.
• When NDA MPs chose me as their leader, when I was chosen PM-candidate.
• The government of India is a government that is fully dedicated to the poor of the nation.
• I have seen many families and mothers who were blessed with a divyang child... the parents shower that child with so much love.
• It is our responsibility, as a nation, to take care of divyangs.
• I remember watching so many people who have contributed so much to help divyangs in Rajkot, in Gujarat.
• Once I formed a government, I decided to pass a divyang child with 25 marks in an examination instead of the usual 33.
• By choosing the word 'divyang', I did not complete my job.
• You can see that someone is communicating with divyang people here using sign language.. They are telling them what I'm saying.
• I also noticed that interpretation for such people in Tamil Nadu was different, in Gujarat was different.
• We decided to introduce a uniform sign language for divyangs to ensure they can communicate easily in any part of India.
• Since 1992, the government decided to allocate a budget for the disabled.
• Between 1992-2013, only 55 schemes were introduced wherein the disabled were helped.
• In three years, we have done 5,500 such programmes to help and benefit the divyangs.
• It proves that this government believes in 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas'.
• Even today, 18,500 divyangs have assembled under a single roof. We have created a record and I applaud the government.
• I enjoy interacting with differently-abled people.
• We must empathise with such people, we must be aware of their problems.. I have made it mandatory to ensure that schemes are formed keeping diasbled people in mind. And I am happy that Gujarat has adopted this model.
• Due to this, NGOs who work for disabled are also encouraged.