Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana’ (SAGY) but felt it would take more than 50 years to cover six lakh villages in the country. The comments are significant from a Congress leader coming as they do close on the heels of the controversy surrounding Shashi Tharoor’s praise of Modi, which cost him his job as the Congress spokesperson.
‘Modi’s Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana is laudable. However, it would take more than 50 years to cover six lakh villages in the country,’ the chief minister’s office said in a release, quoting a tweet by Gogoi. ‘The Yojana needs to be taken up in a vigorous manner if we want to see acche din and a clean India,’ Gogoi said. Gogoi had earlier welcomed Modi’s Clean India campaign and took part in a cleanliness operation in Guwahati, following which Modi had praised him.
‘Modi’s Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana is laudable. However, it would take more than 50 years to cover six lakh villages in the country,’ the chief minister’s office said in a release, quoting a tweet by Gogoi. ‘The Yojana needs to be taken up in a vigorous manner if we want to see acche din and a clean India,’ Gogoi said. Gogoi had earlier welcomed Modi’s Clean India campaign and took part in a cleanliness operation in Guwahati, following which Modi had praised him.