PM Modi asks BJP CMs to finalise pro-poor agenda, execute Central schemes in 'mission mode'

PM Modi also asked the CMs to make their states a model for execution of central schemes.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked all the chief ministers of BJP-ruled states to finalise the agenda for welfare of the poor.

He also asked the CMs to make their states a model for execution of central schemes, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.

He also said that his party has formed a committee to finalised the pro-poor agenda for adoption by the party-ruled states.

PM Modi has stressed on the need to optimise centre's schemes in BJP ruled states, PTI quoted Chouhan as saying.

“The meeting discussed about how we can implement the centre's policies in the states in a better way,” he told reporters.

The committee was also formed, under Chouhan's chairmanship, to prepare a uniform road map for the welfare of poor. 

His Maharashtra and Jharkhand counterparts Devendra Fadnavis and Raghubar Das and party national vice-president Vinay Sahastrabuddhe are the members of the "Garib Kalyan Agenda Committee, which could focus on basic necessities of common man like 'Roti, Kapada aur Makaan, Padhai, Dawai aur Rozgar ke Intezam' (food, clothing, housing, education, medicine and employment opportunities).

"A common agenda will be formulated and a road map will be prepaered by the committee in coming weeks so that basic necessities of poor would be fulfilled. This agenda will be implemented by all the BJP-ruled states," Chouhan said.

The meeting was attended among others by nine Chief Ministers and three Deputy Chief Ministers, except Rajashthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje who was pre-occupied.

Earlier, BJP President Amit Shah said that his party has ushered in an era of "politics of performance" in the country and asked the states to play a big role in the implementation of schemes and to bring in good governance.

He also urged BJP Chief Ministers to replicate schemes which are running successfully in other BJP-ruled states.

"The BJP has started an era of politics of performance in the country and our target is to give a decisive, transparent and corruption free government, besides providing welfare schemes to the downtrodden," Shah said in his inaugural address.

Shah said it is the joint responsibility of the central and state governments to build a pro-poor welfare state and change the life of the common man, adding that states play an important role in the development of the country.

Noting the BJP-ruled state governments are those which got re-elected time and again on the basis of performance, he also hailed the party-led NDA government saying it "has brought greater esteem to Indian culture and taken it to new heights. The way the world looks at India has changed".

Later talking to reporters, Fadnavis said the meet was focused on the welfare of the poor, middle class, marginalised sections, farmers and labourers.

"States play an important role in the development of the country. There are more than a thousand BJP MLAs all over the country, (and) more than 300 MPs," Fadnavis said at a press conference quoting Amit Shah.

He said 37 per cent of India's population resides in BJP-ruled states, which also account for about 52 per cent of the country's geographical area and 41 per cent of its GDP.

"If BJP ruled states can succeed in bringing change, a big part of the country will be developed. The states would play a key role in the success of the Modi government's welfare policies as they are responsible for executing 65 of the 80 such schemes launched by it," he said.

Fadnavis said having rapid development and change in BJP-ruled states would contribute to good governance of the country.

In the first session of the meet, the Chief Ministers gave presentations on the prominent schemes they are running in their respective states with regard to the party's vision of "Antyodaya".

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said, “Sharing schemes of one state for the betterment of others was also discussed among other things.

How some schemes implemented in Chhattisgarh can also be implemented in other BJP-ruled states were also discussed, he added.

The day-long meeting deliberated on the issues of good governance, welfare of the poor, upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab, among others.

The chief ministers have also made presentations on various welfare schemes being implemented in their states.