PM to launch projects over Rs 2 lakh crore in Vizag today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay foundations for projects worth over Rs 2 lakh crore here on Wednesday evening.
The Union government has sanctioned a dedicated site within the ‘Rashtriya Smriti’ complex, located in the Rajghat precinct, to establish a memorial honouring former President Pranab Mukherjee. Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of the former president, today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thanked him for his government’s decision to create a memorial for her father.
In a post on X, she said, “Called on Hon’ble PM @narendramodi ji to express thanks & gratitude from core of my heart for his govts’ decision to create a memorial for baba. It’s more cherished considering that we didn’t ask for it. Immensely touched by this unexpected but truly gracious gesture by PM.”
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“Baba used to say that State honours shouldn’t be asked for, it should be offered. I’m so grateful that PM Modi did this to honour babas’ memory. It doesn’t affect baba where he is now- beyond applaud or criticism. But for his daughter, words are not sufficient to express my joy,” she said in another post on X.
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Meanwhile, welcoming the Centre’s decision, grandson of former PM PV Narasimha Rao, BJP leader NV Subhash while talking to a news agency in Hyderabad, said, “By giving the Cabinet approval for the construction of the memorial at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal in New Delhi, Prime Minister Modi has shown his statesmanship by recognising the contributions made by people from different political parties.”
“The Congress party has consistently ignored its leaders who have sacrificed their entire lives for the benefit of the party…Pranab Mukherjee and PV Narasimha Rao are both stalwarts of the Congress party and without them, the party would have fallen apart…They (Congress) have belittled the contributions of Pranab Mukherjee and PV Narasimha Rao…This is a slap on the face of the Congress party and they have to answer now,” Subhash added.
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