PM Modi flags social justice schemes to MPs
The HinduPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told Bharatiya Janata Party MPs to undertake various programmes as part of the "Samajik Nyaya Pakhwada" to mark the party's founding on April 6 for a fortnight going ahead. That the museum is being inaugurated on late Bhimrao Ambedkar's birth anniversary is a recognition of the democratic architecture he bequeathed to the country, another party leader said, referring to Mr. Modi's speech. With the birth anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar, architect of the Indian Constitution, falling on April 14, Mr. Modi asked party MPs to reach out to people, especially disadvantaged sections of society like Scheduled Castes, to highlight various government programmes for their welfare. He urged MPs, including Ministers, to visit aspirational districts, a term for underdeveloped districts, and hold programmes there, during the Samajik Nayay Pakhwada, with different activities, including utilising Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act funds for building ponds, to mark the celebration of 75 years of India's independence as the "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav".