The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah talked about the success of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in implementing the North-East Democratic Alliance or NEDA. He said that it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government that has been successful in establishing this political coalition.
While Addressing a crowd today, BJP president Amit Shah said "Prime Minister Modi, in his speech, had said that India is divided between two, West and East, where the West is developed while the East is still struggling. And till the time the East is not developed, we can't call India a fully-developed nation,"
"About 258 per cent more funds have been given to the North East. Earlier Rs. 87,628 crore used to be provided to the North East. Under the 14th finance commission, 3,13,375 crore more money have been provided to the states," Amit Shah said.
"There was no focus on terrorism and militant groups in the 65 years of Independence, and the whole negativity reached North-East and became a hurdle in the development of the states," Shah said.
Shah added, "But the exploration in this area in these 65 years has been low and hence the development process slow. There was so much corruption in these states and such was its grip that development was not possible at all."
The NEDA is a political coalition that was formed on May 24, 2016 by the BJP, along with regional political parties like the Naga People's Front, the Sikkim Democratic Front, the People's Party of Arunachal, the Asom Gana Parishad and the Bodoland People's Front in north-east India.
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