Itanagar, Aug 18 (UNI) Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi accords “highest priority” to the North East states so that they stride on the path to development at par with the rest of the country.
“North East is getting highest priority now as Prime Minister focuses on bringing fast development in NE at par with rest of the country,” Dr Jitendra Singh said after inaugurating the two-day Regional Conference on “Bringing Citizens and Government Closer through Administrative Reforms” with Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu at Itanagar today.
“Prior to 2014, Northeast was in the news all for the wrong reasons. But since the day Narendra Modi took over as Prime Minister in 2014 things started to changing….Huge transformations have happened in the NE over the period of last eight years with peace and development taking precedence over all the bitter experiences of the past,” the Union Minister said.