Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) and the first phase of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME). The latter is the country’s first 14-lane highway and is equipped with various features targeted towards reducing pollution and improve air quality. The EPE connects Haryana’s Kundli on NH1 and Palwal on NH2 as well as the phase 1 of the DME.
Narendra Modi held a roadshow and also addressed a rally in Baghpat. In his rally, he complimented the infrastructure development carried out by the NDA government and highlighted the achievements of the ‘Make in India’ campaign.
Through ‘Make in India’ campaign manufacturing has received a boost, as a result, now there are 120 mobile phone manufacturing factories in India as compared to only 2, four years back:Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of #EasternPeripheralExpressway in UP’s Bagpat pic.twitter.com/iUNxS9gGxs
— ANI (@ANI) May 27, 2018
The Prime Minister also slammed the Congress and it allies during his address. He accused the alliance of working as obstacles in the path of development.
The truth is, Congress & its allies always mock anything & everything that is being done for all the backward classes, tribals. They always act as obstacles in development: PM Narendra Modi at the inauguration of #EasternPeripheralExpressway. pic.twitter.com/DkYO9BQI8Q
— ANI (@ANI) May 27, 2018
Prime Minister Modi asserted that Congress could never respect democracy due to their subservience to the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. He further added that when international agencies praises India and its policies, opposition politicians and their supporters start attacking them as well.
#WATCH: PM Narendra Modi says, ‘Those who worship one family, can never worship democracy’. #EasternPeripheralExpressway pic.twitter.com/v5WRMHf7yK
— ANI (@ANI) May 27, 2018
Samajwadi Party leader, Akhilesh Yadav, has said that the expressway was inaugurated only after an Supreme Court order, insinuating that the Modi government does not deserve credit for the construction.
Baghpat, Meerut Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor ke log jaante hain ki kitna kisanon ka bakaya hai ganne ka. Road show se ganne ka jo bakaya paisa hai woh toh milna nahi hai. SC ne order diya tab sadak(Eastern Peripheral Expressway) ka inauguration hua: Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav pic.twitter.com/i0FSQhYqam
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 27, 2018
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, has also slammed the Congress calling the party useless which cared very little for the welfare of people.
This expressway is an achievement for us & not a publicity stunt. This shows that Congress was useless, when they were in power. Unhe janta ke vikaas se koi lena dena nahi hai: CM Yogi Adityanath pic.twitter.com/qj3sGDZNIc
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 27, 2018
The Delhi-Meerut expressway is expected to reduce travelling time between the two cities by 60 minutes. Also, it is touted to be the first expressway that has dedicated bicycle tracks.
