Real development began in Northeast after 2014: Union Home Minister Amit Shah

GANGTOK: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to the North-East, on Friday said that the region was only considered a "tourist destination" before Narendra Modi became Prime Minister.

Shah noted that the real development of the Northeast began only after Modi took over the office of the Prime Minister in 2014. The remarks of the Home Minister came at a Cooperative Dairy Conclave- 2022 of the Eastern and Northeastern regions.

"In 75 years of Independence, before Narendra Modi became the PM, the North-East was considered only a tourist destination. After he became the PM, the real development of the North-East began," Shah said.

The Home Minister said that the Modi-led government has decided to set up 65,000 active Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS).

"The Narendra Modi government has decided to set up around 65,000 active PACS. We've decided that within five years every panchayat will have one PACS and a dairy each," he said. Earlier on Friday, Shah reached Gangtok to inaugurate the Eastern and North-Eastern Zones Dairy Cooperative Conclave 2022. People were seen on both sides of the road to welcome the Union Home Minister with the national flag in hand.

Sharing a video of the same, Shah tweeted, "Grateful to the people of Sikkim for such a warm reception in Gangtok. I am overwhelmed." He inaugurated Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's statue at Raj Bhavan in Gangtok. State Governor Ganga Prasad was also present on the occasion.

Earlier on Friday, he tweeted, "Leaving for the North-East on my 3-day visit to Sikkim and Assam." (ANI)

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