Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that Prime minister Narendra Modi established peace across the Northeast India adding that the previous governments had pushed Assam into the fire of riots for many years, did not provide grants, failed to set up proper education systems, did not build infrastructure, and did not allow peace to prevail.
Shah inaugurated the Lachit Barphukan Police Academy in Dergaon in Assam and said that in the next 5 years, the Lachit Barphukan Police Academy will be ranked first among all police academies across the country. Shah is on a three-day visit to Assam and Mizoram.
He mentioned that Assam’s brave warrior and legendary, Lachit Barphukan, had led Assam to victory against the Mughals. He further stated that the saga of bravery of Lachit Barphukan was once kept limited to Assam, but due to the efforts of the Modi Government his biography has been translated into 23 languages and is available in libraries across the country for children. He added that the seed planted today in the form of the Lachit Barphukan Police Academy would one day grow into a banyan tree and will serve the cause of policing in the entire country. It will be an apex police academy not only for Assam but for the entire Northeast, like Kashi among pilgrimage sites; the site will be a new beginning for peace in the region.
Shah said that the first phase of the Lachit Barphukan Academy has been completed at a cost of Rs 167 crore, and a total of Rs 1050 crore will be spent on all three phases.
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He mentioned that the academy is equipped with several state-of-the-art facilities and will become the best police academy in the entire country. He further highlighted that earlier, Assam’s police had to go to other states for training, but in the last 8 years, under the state’s governance, such a transformation has taken place that now, 2,000 police personnel from Goa and Manipur have received training at this police academy.The home minister said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Assam is now progressing on the path of development. He mentioned that in the last 10 years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, several peace agreements have been signed.Shah stated that as a result of these peace agreements made by the Modi government, more than 10,000 youths have laid down their weapons and joined the mainstream. He added that in Assam, once known for movements, insurgency, and gunfights, efforts are underway to establish a semiconductor industry worth Rs 27,000 crore.
Shah said that a recent investment and infrastructure conference named Advantage Assam 2.0 was held in Assam, where MoUs worth Rs 5.18 lakh crore were signed, and most of these MoUs will be implemented on the ground.
He mentioned that the Modi government is bringing infrastructure projects worth Rs 3 lakh crore for the development of Assam. He emphasized that these projects, totalling Rs 8 lakh crore, will create a large number of employment opportunities for the youth of Assam.
He said that during the 10 years of the previous government’s rule, Assam received a devolution grant and grant-in-aid of Rs 1.27 lakh crore, which has been increased fourfold toRs 4.95 lakh crore in Prime Minister Modi’s 10 years.
He added that several projects by the Modi government, including the Bharat Mala project, which is more than 200 kilometers long and worth Rs 10,000 crore, the Dhubri-Phulwari bridge worth Rs 3,000 crore, rural roads spanning 3,700 kilometers at a cost of Rs 3,400 crore, and the four-laning of the Silchar-Churaibari corridor.
He highlighted the work being done on a new embankment and road on Majuli Island worth Rs 1,000 crore. He further stated that a six-lane bridge over the Brahmaputra River is under construction, and at a cost of Rs 382 crore, National Highway 715-K is connecting Majuli and Jorhat. He also mentioned the expansion of an airport named in Guwahati at a cost of Rs 1,100 crore, the inauguration of Rs 9,000 crore worth of railway projects, a Rs 1,000 crore AIIMS project, and the establishment of medical colleges in Tamulpur, Kokrajhar, Nalbari, and Dhubri.
The Union Home Minister said that the Modi government has not only made efforts to bring peace to Assam but has successfully established it. He further stated that the conviction ratio in Assam has increased from 5 per cent to 25 per cent. He highlighted that earlier, people did not want to file FIRs because the police were only seen as fighting against terrorists, but today, the police are focused on protecting the rights of citizens and effectively implementing the three new criminal laws.
The relocation of the Assam Rifles establishment from Aizawl to Zokhawsang was formally completed in the presence of the Union Home Minister in Mizoram on Saturday.
Shah, “The shifting of the Assam Rifles establishment is necessary. It is an administrative decision but also reflects the responsibility of the Government of India towards Mizoram.”
The demand to shift the Assam Rifles establishment dates back to 1988, when the then Mizo National Front (MNF) government, led by former Chief Minister Laldenga, called for the relocation.
Shah said, “Since independence until 2014, the Prime Minister of India has visited the Northeast only 21 times. But after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, he has visited the region 78 times in the last 10 years. Additionally, in the same period, Union ministers have visited the Northeast 700 times.”
Shah added, “After our government came to power, development and peace have come to the northeastern states, which were previously affected by insurgency and underdevelopment. For the construction of National Highway 502(A) in Mizoram and a four-lane road in Aizawl, Rs 2,500 crores have been allocated.”