PM Modi announces a Rs 1.25 lakh crore package for Bihar. Highlights


-- I salute the Governor, ministers and other dignitaries present at this function to inaugurate this road project.

-- Nitin Gadkari is the man who in revolutionized roads in Maharashtra.

-- We have come with a plan to connect every corner of Bihar with the nation.I returned this morning from Dubai.

-- People who make my schedule asked me how will you get up so early

-- My officers were worried but you called, so I came.

-- Whether it is women's safety or laying roads in Bihar, we will change the face of Bihar. My friend Rajiv Pratap Rudy, has taken the responsibility of skill development for crores of people in the country.

-- The government in Delhi does not work in bits and pieces. The crown prince of Abu Dhabi has promised an investment of Rs. 4.5 lakh crore. But the factories that this investment will set up, will be of no use without skilled labour. That's why we have the 'Skill India' programme. If we want factories in Bihar, do we not need electricity in Bihar? Do we not need power plants here?

-- In my speech on August 15, I spoke of 'Startup India, Stand up India'.

-- We have uncountable youth in our country who have the ability to do something. But they don't get an opportunity. We are knocking on the 70th year of Independence.

-- I had come to Bihar recently. I had said Bihar is counted among 'bimaru' (sick) states.We have to bring them out of t them out. So the Chief Minister took offense. He said Bihar is no longer a 'bimaru' state. I accept your argument. And if it is true, I will be the happiest.

-- I repeat, what the CM has said - Bihar is no longer a Bimaru state.  Whether it is UP, WB, Bihar, Odisha, Assam - till they progress, the country will not.

-- So far Bihar has received two packages, one during the divide of Jharkhand. In 2003, keeping in mind the state's needs the package was announced. Then the government changed in Delhi. And I have to say this bitter truth which the people must know. The package that Atal Bihari Vajpayee announces, Bihar didn't use it.


-- The government in Delhi treated Bihar like a kid and gave a chocolate.It gave just 12,000 crore rupees. Of this, only 4,000 crore was spent. And that too, most of it happened after you put us in Delhi.