GANGTOK, 3 JUNE: The Bharatiya Janata Party has slammed the Centre
for neglecting infrastructure build-up in Sikkim despite China
increasingly showing border belligerence. The party’s national
spokesperson, Mr Prakash Javadekar who led the visit of the
parliamentary committee on defence to the Indo-China border at Nathula
in East Sikkim raised the charge. He also criticised the state
government for not doing much in bolstering infrastructure in the
strategically sensitive state.
The parliamentary team, he said,
had visited the Indo-China border at Nathula to get a clear picture of
infrastructure developments on both sides early Sunday morning.
Asked
on their findings, he said: “We will submit a report to the Parliament
and it is only after it is submitted things will be clear to all”.
“The
Centre keeps neglecting Sikkim. What is needed for this landlocked
state is good means of communication. The National Highway 31-A remains
in bad shape, the proposed Airport keeps hanging for years, the rail
link has not seen any progress beyond Bhoomi Pujan. No allocation has
been made in this year’s rail Budget. The Centre should be more active
in implementing the long pending connectivity projects ~ rail, road and
air. This is what should be the priority for a real developmental
roadmap involving the landlocked, yet strategically important state,” he
said. According to the BJP leader, the Pawan Chamling government is not
making full use of funds for development schemes. "Both the Centre and
the state government have failed Sikkim’s people. Sikkim deserves
better,” the BJP leader added.
statesman news service
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