The union minister and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Jitendra Singh, praised prime minister Narendra Modi for introducing a new work culture in India. In India, every pro-poor and public welfare scheme got designed by the PM to reach all the people, regardless of their caste, creed, religion, or vote consideration. Singh said, " The purely objective parameters were followed to meet the requirement wherever it was not met in the past and to deliver justice wherever justice had been denied in the past."
The minister of state for personnel said, " This was quite a departure from the past practice followed by the Congress and its allied governments wherein vote bank politics pre-determined the selective roll-out of state benefits."
He further said, " The prime minister successfully raised the standards of public delivery much above the vote consideration, based on the principle of justice for all, and then left it to the public to decide whom they wanted to vote for, and the public to endorsed this approach by returning the Modi government for the second term with a much higher mandate than the earlier election."
Singh said, "The citizen-centric schemes such as PM Awas Yojna and Ujjwala Yojna reached every such household where these amenities were found lacking and the authorities never asked as to which religion or caste the family belongs to, or which political party they had voted for in the last election. This new work culture will become a new norm in Indian politics and the masses will expect every political party to follow the same."
Many schemes closer to 100% saturation and benefits have been given to deserving people in a short span of eight years by following the principle of " Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas." Unlike in the past, people are getting benefits from these schemes without any kind of discrimination. These schemes gave crores of people a life of dignity and brought them out of abject poverty. The rural job scheme helped raise the standard of living of the poor people to a level of dignity.
Singh told the journalists, " You can find out yourselves that the beneficiaries of these welfare schemes belong to all castes, creeds, and religions as the lists of beneficiaries are made with full objectivity and without any bias, as was the case in earlier dispensations."
Singh also highlighted how the full benefits are directly reaching the needy without any issues with the help of efficient delivery mechanisms.
Singh further said, " In the last eight years, not only developmental gaps were bridged successfully, but the north-eastern region has also gained psychological confidence. The significant development in terms of road, rail and air connectivity is helping facilitate the movement of goods and persons not only across the region but also across the country."
