PM continues attack on Cong, says Rajiv Gandhi scrapped Inheritance tax to reap benefits
Addressing an election rally at Morena in Madhya Pradesh in the morning the PM launched a barrage of accusations on the Congress.
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is launching the ambitious ‘Udan’, regional connectivity scheme for small towns in the country, from Shimla on April 27.
Modi will later address a BJP rally on the Ridge in Shimla, according to state Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) chief, Satpal Singh Satti.
“The Prime Minister’s rally will gear up the BJP rank and file in Himachal in the election year,” said Satti. Modi had addressed his first rally in Himachal Pradesh as Prime Minister in Mandi in October, 2016, when he came for the inauguration of three hydro projects.
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'Udan’ will facilitate air flight between Delhi and Shimla on subsidised fare on fixed number of seats.
The customers will have to pay Rs.2,500 for one hour flight, while the remaining fare would be borne by the Central government, under this scheme.
‘Udan’ includes Delhi-Kullu flight as well in Himachal Pradesh, among 16 routes in all in the country. The air connectivity to Shimla was scrapped five years ago for some technical problems with the Jubbarhatti airport.
For the past six months, the tourist destination was witness to non-scheduled flights, as private companies in the business found flights between Delhi and Shimla as a loss making venture.
The state government had been continuously moving the Centre to provide regular air connectivity to Shimla, as it was a major issue hampering tourism to the Queen of Hills.
Recently, Union health minister, JP Nadda, who is from Himachal Pradesh had also taken it up with the Union Minister for Civil Aviation recently along with MPs, wherein the assurance had come that low air fare flights would start from Himachal Pradesh.
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