Patna: BJP state president Sanjay Saraogi on Sunday said the NDA govt had taken Bihar from “jungle raj” to good governance and was now moving the state from good governance to prosperity. He said the Union govt under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar govt under CM Samrat Choudhary had worked for the development and welfare of all sections of society.Saraogi was addressing two consecutive meetings at Ballia and Sihoul in Begusarai district in support of NDA candidates for the Darbhanga teachers’ constituency and the Darbhanga graduates’ constituency. He appealed to electors to give their first-preference votes to teachers’ constituency candidate Ghanshyam Rai and graduates’ constituency candidate Sarvesh Kumar in the election scheduled for Oct 23.Calling on alliance workers to intensify outreach during the final four days of campaigning, Saraogi asked them to contact at least 50 elector-families every day. He also urged NDA functionaries present on the dais to reach 100 families daily and seek support for the alliance candidates.Saraogi said development work in Bihar had gained momentum under the leadership of CM Samrat Choudhary. Citing model schools, degree colleges, industrial development and expansion of higher education, he said enrolment in higher educational institutions in the state had increased from about 4 lakh in 2005 to nearly 26 lakh. He added that the opening of Plus Two schools in every panchayat had enabled students in rural areas to continue their education.Referring to the period after 2005, Saraogi said the NDA govt under Nitish Kumar and Sushil Kumar Modi had worked for all sections of society. He said infrastructure had been strengthened, roads expanded and significant changes made in education and health. “Today, the journey from Patna to Begusarai is completed in about 1.5 hours,” he said.Saraogi also welcomed the state cabinet’s decision to open a university in Begusarai in the name of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, saying it would address a long-pending demand and reduce the need for local students to travel to other districts for higher education. He said medical and engineering colleges were being expanded and efforts were being made to attract industrial investment.On his arrival in Begusarai, Union minister Giriraj Singh welcomed Saraogi at Dinkar Guesthouse by presenting him with an angavastra. Union minister Giriraj Singh, Bihar education minister Mithilesh Kumar Tiwari, sugarcane minister Sanjay Paswan, MLA Kundan Kumar, district presidents of NDA allies, teachers, graduate electors and workers attended the programmes.
