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On Friday Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bihar's Jamui 'Janjatiya Gaurav Divas' and paid tribute to tribal leader 'Bhagwan Birsa Munda,
The state's Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Vijay Kumar Sinha said "Vikshit Bihar aur Vikshit Bharat ka shanknad yahi hoga." Sinha said, "People are excited. This is the second visit of the Prime Minister this year...On the occasion of Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas, he will give a message to the whole country from Bihar today." Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to tribal leader 'Bhagwan Birsa Munda', marking the commencement of his 150th birth anniversary celebrations on Friday. At the Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas celebrations, the PM interacted with dancers who put up a welcome performance and also attempted the traditional dhol. Speaking in Jamui,the PM said, "...It was the NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee that created a separate ministry for tribal welfare. 10 years ago, the budget for the development of tribal areas and tribal families was less than Rs 25,000 crore. Our government has increased it 5 times to Rs 1.25 lakh crore. Just a few days ago, we have started a special scheme for the development of more than 60,000 tribal villages in the country- Dharti Aaba, Janjatiya Gram, Utkarsh Abhiyan. Under this, about Rs 80,000 crore will be invested in tribal villages. Its purpose is to provide necessary facilities to the tribal society as well as to create training and employment opportunities for the youth..." On this occasion, state BJP president Dilip Jaiswal said that celebrations are going on in every house of Jamui as the Prime Minister arrived on the ocassion of Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas. "The whole of Bihar is excited. The Prime Minister is coming to Jamui, celebrations are going on in every house of Jamui... Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas being celebrated across the country today shows how much the Prime Minister cares about the last section of the society," he said while talking to ANI. When asked about Jharkhand assembly elections, he said, "There is a very good atmosphere in Jharkhand. The performance of BJP and NDA will be very good. People there have now understood that Jharkhand can develop only under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi." (ANI)
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