Hyderabad: Union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that politics should be limited to elections and all parties should work in tandem after the polls with development as the common goal.
“Ideologically, BJP and TRS may be different, but we will work together in the interest of the country and the state. We will also work with the Chandrababu Naidu government in AP,” Mr Venkaiah Naidu said, addressing the Gram Kisan Sabha held as part of the Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan at Bowrampet village in Ranga Reddy district.
Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that the country would develop only through development of its villages, the Union minister said that the Centre would give a fillip to development of villages and agriculture in the country.
“We have made huge allocations to these sectors to accelerate development. The Centre too has taken several steps to overcome the agrarian crisis and help farmers,” he added.
Mr Naidu said that the Centre will distribute ‘Soil Health Cards’ to all 14 crore farmers in the country by March 2017, as part of the soil health management scheme. Under the scheme, '362 crore has been allotted as compared to '142 crore in 2015-2016, a hike of 155 per cent, he said.
“We have set a target of collecting 104 lakh soil samples and test them for issuing the soil health cards to farmers. To strengthen panchayati raj in villages and ensure social harmony, the PM launched the Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan,” Mr Venkaiah Naidu said, reeling out various welfare and developmental schemes launched by the Modi government, Budgetary allocations to core sectors etc. He said that the PM’s address from Jamshedpur would be telecast live on April 24 to all Gram Sabhas.
