New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the promises he made for Jharkhand, saying the ‘Modi ki Guarantee’ campaign failed when the Lok Sabha poll results were out and people in Jharkhand will also finish off what is left of it. On November 13 and 20, Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh listed some of the promises made by the Prime Minister and the current status of the projects.

“Koderma Medical College: The college was supposed to be built on 70 acres of land and offer 100 MBBS seats. The non-biological prime minister laid its foundation stone six years ago in 2018 and then promised to complete the course again project in 2019. This has not materialized yet,” he said.

Ramesh pointed out that during his campaign for the 2014 Jharkhand assembly elections, Modi had promised a series of industrial and educational projects, including a premier IT institution and several engineering colleges.

However, only two institutions were established, National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT Ranchi) and Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET Khunti), he said. he declared, adding that after nine and seven years respectively, these institutions have also not been created. have a permanent campus.

“In October 2022, the Ministry of Railways approved the Chatra-Gaya railway project, but two years later, no progress has been made. BJP leaders always promised the Korba-Lohardaga line, but it has was also buried silently,” Ramesh said. .

Just before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the Mandal Dam project with great fanfare, he said.

“Conceptualized to address the agrarian distress of Jharkhand and Bihar, the project stagnated even as the state suffered from back-to-back droughts in recent years,” Ramesh claimed.

The Congress leader further said that Jamshedpur had a functional airport till 2016, but although it was brought under the UDAN scheme in 2018, plans for a new airport did not materialize.

“In January 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Government of Jharkhand and the Airports Authority of India for the construction of Dhalbhumgarh Airport by December 2022. This would have been a massive boost for the industrial sector, from major players like Tata to the MSME sector in Adityapur,” he said.

When the December 2022 deadline passed, the BJP’s own MPs were forced to raise the issue in Parliament, Ramesh said, adding that on February 27, 2023, the Union Civil Aviation Minister responded and confirmed that the project had been abandoned.

“Unsurprisingly, the Modi ki Guarantee campaign failed on June 4, 2024. On November 13 and 20, the people of Jharkhand will also finish what is left of it,” Ramesh said.

The results of the Lok Sabha polls were declared on June 4 this year. Jharkhand will go to polls on November 13 and 20 in two phases. The results would be announced on June 23.

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