Anandiben Patel and her Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh counterparts Vasundhara Raje Scindia and Shivraj Singh Chouhan respectively, the leaders attacked the UPA government and hailed the visionary schemes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the poor.

Speaking at the event that saw the dignitaries lighting the customary lamp with a gas lighter to symbolize the importance of LPG connections in BPL homes, BJP National President Amit Shah launched an attack on the Congress-led UPA government, accusing them of leaving behind an empty treasury at the end of their tenure.

Shah said that the PMUY scheme is an example of how people benefit from a visionary government. He said, “This scheme is just one example how poor suffer when corrupt governments are in power and how they benefit from the visionhas given the subsidies back into accounts. The Congress leave promises which they know they can never fulfill and pushes them on the shoulders of the next government.”

Raje also urged people to “leave behind caste and religious differences” to rally behind Prime Minister Modi in making the government schemes successful in order for India to “attain its state that we have read of in our shastras”. Contrary to her plea, however, the event later saw women beneficiaries of PMUY being introduced on the stage by their religious and caste identities.

Raje also hailed vision of Modi as the Chief Minister of Gujarat and stated that several districts of Rajasthan have benefited from the Narmada river due to Modi’s vision. “I think Rajasthan, MP and Gujarat are conjoined triplets and