Our government is moving forward with the resolve of developed Chhattisgarh: Chief Minister Sai

Raipur. Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai has said that Chhattisgarh is playing an effective role in the resolve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make India a developed country by the year 2047. Our government is preparing new schemes for the all-round development of the state with the resolve of developed Chhattisgarh. While congratulating and wishing the people of the state on the 78th Independence Day, he said that we have got independence due to the hard struggle and sacrifice of our ancestors. Our ancestors fought a long battle against British imperialism for independence. We have to keep the freedom we got as a result of their sacrifices and struggles intact. Democratic forces have to be strengthened. Chief Minister Shri Sai was addressing the people of the state after hoisting the flag at the Independence Day main function at the Police Parade Ground in the capital Raipur today.

Chief Minister Shri Sai said that under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, along with the freedom fighters of the whole country, the freedom fighters of Chhattisgarh also worked tirelessly to break the shackles of slavery of Mother India. As a pleasant result of this, we are breathing in a free environment today. Like other parts of the country, in Chhattisgarh, many of our historical heroes like Shaheed Gend Singh, Shaheed Dhurva Rao, Shaheed Yadav Rao, Shaheed Venkat Rao, Veer Gundadhur, Shaheed Debari Dhur, Shaheed Aaytu Mahara, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh displayed indomitable courage to overthrow the British rule and awakened the spirit of independence in the minds of the people. The freedom we are enjoying today is the result of the sacrifices of our forefathers.

Chief Minister Shri Sai said that Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s Constitution is showing the way to democracy today. It is a beacon for us. Years ago, Baba Guru Ghasidas ji had put forward the ideal of an egalitarian society in front of all of us, which bore fruit in the Constitution created by Baba Saheb. Their constitution also contains the essence of Kabir’s words, which provides equality along with freedom of expression to the citizens of India.

The Chief Minister said that the crisis of trust is the biggest crisis in democracy. This system certainly runs only by maintaining the trust of the people on their representatives. After taking over the reins of the Chhattisgarh government, our biggest challenge was to restore this trust. We are satisfied to say that our government has reestablished trust by fulfilling most of the promises made to you. The dream of our constitution makers was of such a strong democracy, where the people and their elected government remain tied in such a strong bond of trust. In fact, this is a strong protective thread of democracy, which should never be weakened by any public servant.

Chief Minister Shri Sai further said that our state maker Bharat Ratna former Prime Minister revered late Atal ji created Chhattisgarh for the comprehensive economic development of the state and preservation of the beautiful culture of the state. It is our duty to realize Atal ji’s dream by working with full dedication in the reconstruction of the state with the resolve of ‘We have built it, we will improve it’. By contributing to the construction of a developed India, we can achieve the glory of taking forward this tradition of our ancestors, this is also our duty.

Chief Minister Shri Sai said that on this day we also express our gratitude to those ancestors who did not let the torch of the Constitution die during the difficult period of Emergency. Thousands of democracy fighters across the country opposed the Emergency and suffered jail sentence and other tortures in its resistance. Next year on June 25, fifty years of Emergency will be completed. This year on the occasion of “Emergency Memorial Day” on June 25, we have received the blessings of the democracy fighters of our state. I am happy to say that to express gratitude to our democracy fighters, their Samman Nidhi, which was stopped for the last five years, has been restarted by our government.

Chief Minister Shri Sai said that today we also express our gratitude to our soldiers, who are fighting the anti-democracy, Naxalite terror in our state with full courage and passion. In the last eight months, our soldiers have shown indomitable courage and killed 146 Naxalites. During this time we have opened 32 new security camps and are going to start 29 new camps in the coming days. Today, after many years, the people of the region are feeling safe, the reason for which is the hard work and valor of our brave soldiers.

Now Bastar is ready for rapid development

Chief Minister Shri Sai said that we have formed the State Investigation Agency (SIA) so that the investigation and prosecution action can be done more effectively to deal with Naxalite incidents. The people of Bastar are fed up with Naxalites and are ready to gallop on the path of development. He said that along with freeing people from terror by expanding new camps in the interior areas, the work of ensuring basic facilities in these areas is also being done on a war footing. For this, we have started the “Niyad Nellanaar” scheme. This word means – “Your good village”. Like the “PM Janman Yojana” started for the beneficiaries of special backward tribes, this scheme will provide the benefit of 53 beneficiary oriented schemes of 17 departments and 28 community facilities to the people in the villages within a radius of five km near the camps.