Shah was in Assam where he inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for several major health infrastructure projects in the state and youth convention in Guwahati.
He added, “Under the Congress government, around Rs 150 crore was spent annually on health. In comparison, under the BJP government the health sector budget in Assam has reached around Rs 9,000 crore.”
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Shah while attacking Rahul Gandhi over protests staged by Congress workers during an AI summit, alleging that the opposition leader was targeting the country while opposing the BJP. “While protesting against Prime Minister Modi and the BJP, Rahul Gandhi has now started protesting against India as well”.
Shah said, “Eating tea and pakoras at the gates of Parliament, the sacred temple of democracy, is a disgrace to India and Indian democracy. This incident involving Rahul Gandhi is highly condemnable. When asked to speak, Rahul runs away from Parliament.”
Shah exuded confidence that the BJP would return to power in Assam under Himanta Biswa Sarma’s leadership. This time NDA will get “largest ever mandate”.Also Read: Amit Shah says BJP to fight 2027 Punjab polls to form own govt, not as junior partner
The home minister added, “The Congress legalised, formalised and normalised infiltration, but the BJP will remove each one of them from the electoral rolls. Rahul Babu can rest assured that not only their names will be removed from the electoral rolls, but they will also be driven out.”
He said that under Congress rule Assam had gained a reputation for violence and that several youths had lost their lives. “The Congress leadership was more concerned about the interests of their own families than the welfare of young people. The Congress believes in corruption and polarisation by promoting infiltrators, while the BJP focuses on development, removing infiltrators and protecting the interests of poor families.”
Shah said Assam’s healthcare facilities are now on par with those of leading states such as Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka under the BJP government.
Shah said the BJP-led government in Assam had worked with a clear vision to strengthen healthcare and medical education.
Shah said, “It is very important to have full-fledged facilities for medical studies so that students can not only treat patients in India but also globally.”
The union home minister added that with the expansion of hospitals and medical institutions in the region, patients from Assam and the wider Northeast would no longer need to travel far for treatment.
Shah inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for healthcare projects worth Rs 2,092 crore in Assam, including the Rs 675 crore Pragjyotishpur Medical College and Hospital along with its Saraswatidevi Shivkishan Daamani Academic Block. He also virtually inaugurated cancer care centres in Golaghat and Tinsukia developed under the Assam Cancer Care Foundation, a joint initiative of the Assam government and Tata Trusts, built at a cost of Rs 135 crore each.
The union Home minister virtually laid the foundation stones for several major healthcare infrastructure projects, including three super-speciality hospitals worth Rs 814 crore at Diphu Medical College, Jorhat Medical College and Barpeta Medical College, a Rs 218 crore Swasthya Bhawan at Six Mile in Guwahati, and a Rs 115 crore district health centre at Abhayapuri.
Shah said the state’s health infrastructure did not see significant improvement during the Congress period. “Within ten years of our government, I can proudly say that the BJP government has completed the process of making Assam’s health sector and health education sector self-reliant”.
