Self-reliant Bihar key to root out unemployment: J P Nadda

PATNA: BJP national president J P Nadda on Saturday launched the party’s ‘Atmnirbhar Bihar’ campaign, besides flagging off ‘raths’ fitted with digital devices for various districts to collect suggestions from people to be used as road map to develop the state over the next five years.
Nadda said PM Narendra Modi has given a call for ‘Atmnirbhar Bharat’ and Bihar government would take the lead to make ‘Atmnirbhar Bihar’ by using the state’s inherent strengths, like its variety of agriculture and horticultural resources, as well as human resources to create the state’s wealth.
He said the party’s leaders would propagate the idea among the people using the digital platforms and town hall meetings, while the party workers would reach out to 2 crore families in the state by using the digital media.
Nadda said the NDA partners – BJP, JD(U) and LJP – would go to the polls under the leadership of CM Nitish Kumar.
“The people of Bihar have made an identity for themselves as hardworking people outside the state, but now they will also use their skill, hard work and dedication to develop their own state taking the message from the PM,” Nadda said.
He was addressing a meeting of intellectuals representing various fields of activities and select party workers at a function held at the party’s state headquarters before leaving for Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur. State BJP president Dr Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal, deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi and Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Nityanand Rai were also present.
Nadda also released the party’s theme song ‘Jan jan ki pukar, atmnirbhar Bihar’ and the toll-free number 6357171717, as well as a website – www.atmnirbharbihar.com – to be used by people to submit their suggestions.
Speaking on the occasion, deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said development would remain the top priority of the NDA government.