Mangaluru : One should pursue politics for nation building and not for the purpose of acquiring power, said Union home minister Rajnath Singh who was in Mangaluru while addressing at Intellectual meet at TMA Pai Hall on March 9.

Union home minister said, Our aim is justice for all, appeasement for none. We want a stable performing government,” he stressed., with regard to allegation of BJP faces on creating differences between Hindus and Muslims.

“India were 9th position in 2014, but now we have reached to 6th position and become the fastest growing economy. We are sure that we will achieve,and be one among top three economic power nations,” he said.

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan scheme has reached every common man by meeting their aspirations by taking concrete steps for giving an accidental insurance upto Rs 2 lac,” he said.

We have eliminated the scope for middle man, while the government introduced direct beneficiary transfer system. “what Rajiv Gandhi had said that only Rs.60 reached the beneficiary, out of every Rs.100. Through direct transfer, we have saved upto one lakh ten thousand crore,” he highlighted.

Farmer receives Rs 2000 each in every installment for every four months, because he is in a poor condition and so we double their income by giving Rs.6000.“Close to 7 crore families were benefited in Ujjwala Yojana”.

Now there are 98.8% of families with toilet facilities as against 39% because of which the Swachhata mission was a success. 18,000 village was electrified and more are likely to be under power for village and power for all mission. Manufacturing of mobile have reached 120 Units becuasde we have found investors because of conducive atmosphere.

The highlighted of the minister speech was that “naxal affected areas have come down from 126 to only 8 ” he said.

Out foreign minister was invited for the first time to the IOC meets despite Pakistan opposition, and that have gained diplomatic success, he added.

BJP president B S Yeddyurappa spoke on promises fulfilled by Modi in last five years, that is corruption free country, development across the country, border security and our country to be respected globally, and that has been fulfilled, he said.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary, MP Shobha Karandlaj, Sunil Kumar Karkala and others were present.