As political parties intensify campaigning ahead of the Nagaland Assembly poll on February 27, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal, on Friday addressed election rallies at Mon town and Wozuro in Wokha district to gather support for the NDPP-BJP alliance.
He vouched for the NDPP-BJP alliance to continue working towards peace, progress and prosperity of Nagaland.
“The holistic development of Nagaland and the whole of the Northeast has been made possible due to the untiring effort by our hard working and dynamic Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji. The peace attained in the region and sustainable development in the region are the result of the vision Prime Minister Modi ji has for the Northeast to become the new engine of growth for India.
“Modi ji’s love and goodwill for Northeast knows no bound and is evident from his 56 visits to the Northeast in last 8 years. No Prime Minister of India has ever given so much importance for the development and growth of the Northeast before Modi ji. Under his dynamic leadership, the BJP-NDPP alliance will continue to work towards peace, progress and prosperity of Nagaland. Your vote for the BJP-NDPP alliance is the vote for peace and progress of Nagaland,” said Sonowal, as per an update received here on Friday.
Sonowal further said, “Under the dynamic leadership of PM Narendra Modi, India has become an important member in the global community. This has happened as India works itself towards becoming a self reliant country by 2047 - a novel goal set by the PM Modi ji in order to propel economic progress and development of the country. The immense welfare schemes launched by the Modi government is a testament towards bringing efficiency in the governance for the benefit of public and the larger good.
“Nagaland has also been blessed with peace and development due to the untiring effort of the PM Modi to find for sustainable and respectable solution to the issues of the Naga society. I am confident that the effort to propel growth in the region is only the beginning for a glorious era of progress of the region including Nagaland as it gears to become the engine of growth for India in the ensuing future.”
The senior BJP leader was accompanied by the deputy chief minister of Nagaland, Yanthungo Patton; Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs, John Barla; and Rajya Sabha MP S Phangnon Konyak, among others, during the rallies.
