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'Acche din' for Amethi about to come: Uma Bharti
New Delhi, June 3
Union minister Uma Bharti on
Wednesday assured villagers from Amethi that for them 'acche din' (good
days) were about to come as her fellow union minister Smriti Irani would
now look after the place.
Bharti, the union minister of state
for water resources, river development and Ganga, was speaking when
villagers from Pipri village of Amethi, the parliamentary constituency
of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, visited her in New Delhi.
They
were accompanied by Human Resource Development minister Irani. The
farmers had reportedly boycotted the last Lok Sabha polls amid
complaints of neglect by Amethi politicians and administrators.
"For
years, water from the Gomti river is gobbling up their land. Leaders
promise that they will take care of the issue during elections but
forget the issue after the elections.
"I had promised if
Narendra Modi becomes the prime minister, I will take care of the
issue," Irani told reporters after meeting Bharti.
After the meeting, Bharti assured the villagers of 'acche din' (good days).
"In
the last 66 years, there has been no sign of development in Pipri. The
Nehru-Gandhi family, for so many years, have reigned over that place.
But now I can say that 'acche din' for Amethi are about to come because
my little sister (Smriti Irani) will now look after Amethi," said Bharti
when asked about her assurances to the villagers.
"I appreciate
Smriti's efforts in trying to understand the situation of each and every
village of Amethi. All of us will help Smriti in trying to rid Amethi
of its bad days. Amethi will soon see the light of development," Bharti
added.
Pipri was made part of Amethi constituency in the 2008 delimitation exercise.
The
feeling of being neglected forced the villagers of Pipri to boycott the
last general election. The reason, they said, was an unrepaired road
gobbled up by the Gomti river in 2008, disconnecting the villagers from
the outside world.