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Naxal areas need development
UNION MINISTER of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal said on Friday that the solution of Naxalite menace in different parts of country was not bullet but implementation of development and land reform schemes and removal of unemployment. ?All those elements trying to trouble the tribal populace in the Naxalite-affected areas of Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, UP, Bihar and Jharkhand, must be dealt with strictly by the concerned State governments,? he said.
UNION MINISTER of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal said on Friday that the solution of Naxalite menace in different parts of country was not bullet but implementation of development and land reform schemes and removal of unemployment.
“All those elements trying to trouble the tribal populace in the Naxalite-affected areas of Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, UP, Bihar and Jharkhand, must be dealt with strictly by the concerned State governments,” he said.
Talking to mediapersons at the residence of Bharat Ratna and Sehnai maestro Bismillah Khan here on Friday afternoon, the minister said, recently a meeting of chief ministers of Naxal-affected states was held in New Delhi in which they were asked by the Union government to deal strictly with the problem.
Speaking over the problem of electricity in UP, Jaiswal made it clear that the Union government was providing electricity to the State as per directions from the Centre. If it wants additional electricity, it should also suggest the centre for the specific State to be curtailed from the allotted electricity.
“UP government is itself fully responsible for the power crisis as no power generation unit has been set up in the State for last 15 years. Tall claims of State government to solve the electricity problem through the proposed Dadri Power Generation Project of Noida has proved to be flop show as not even a single brick has been placed on the site of the plant there,” he said. It would be cheating with the public if the UP government promised to solve the problem in next two years, he added.
The UP government should not blame the Centre for its failure on the matter of poor electricity scenario, he said.
Jaiswal said the Union government was ready to fulfill the desire of Bharat Ratna Bismillah Khan to perform at the India Gate. His performance would definitely strengthen the communal harmony, unity and integrity of the nation.
“Since Khan Saheb has devoted his entire life for strengthening the mutual harmony, unity and integrity, so the Union government would also felicitate him at the India gate on July 15. He had been making efforts to perform in New Delhi at India Gate for the last four-five years. Now the government has fulfilled his desire,” Jaiswal said. The minister, accompanied by local MP, Dr Rajesh Mishra landed at the Varanasi Airport by a special plane and directly went to Bismillah Khan’s house. The city president of Congress, Vijaya Shanker Mehta, Dr Daya Shanker Mishra, Javed Ahmad Faridi and Dr Om Prakash welcomed him.
Later, the minister also held a meeting with the officials of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at its office in Sigra.
