Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a huge rally in Agartala on February 13, Monday.
Addressing a huge public meeting, PM Modi accused the Left Front of looting Tripura for years and forcing people to live in poverty.
He said that the Left rule pushed Tripura on the path of destruction, which cannot be forgotten by the people of Tripura.
Modi added, “The Left had treated the people of Tripura as their slaves”. PM Modi thanked the people of the state for removing the ‘Red Signal’, and installing the double engine of BJP that helped Tripura to return on the track of development.
He further said that the Left and Congress would always want Tripura to remain the poorest of the poor.
PM Modi asked people to vote for BJP’s double-engine government at the Centre and the state to continue the streak of development in Tripura.
He said, “I had promised for HIRA, and justifying the same today, the growth and prosperity in Tripura stands unparalleled”.
Modi said that the construction of a modern airport like MBB airport in the northeast has become possible only because of the double engine government. New highways are being constructed at a fast pace in Tripura”.
Referring to the Agartala-Akhaura railway project he said that the Indian side is almost completed and the work on the Bangladesh side is also going on at a fast pace.
Modi highlighted various devlopment initiatives taken by BJP government while addressing the rally.