Look East Policy became Loot East during Congress rule: PM in Tripura rally

“The BJP tried to work for development in the northeast region and Tripura in these ten years. Whatever work we have done is just a trailer. We need to take Tripura ahead”, Modi said addressing the rally at the Swami Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala, which was his last public rally ahead of the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls that will begin from April 19.

He said, “The HIRA (Highway, Internetway, Railway and Airways) model on which our government worked for development of Tripura is now discussed in the country. Now, we are going to work on HIRA + model. The Congress had ignored the Northeast and their policy was Loot East. Ten years ago, I ended this Loot East policy and now we are working on Act East policy. This is the guarantee of Modi.”

He said that the Northeast is not meant for politics, but it meant love and priority for his government and added that he was visiting the region, where the Sun rises first in the country, at a time when the Ramlala, after living in tents for a long time, was adorned with ‘surya tilak ‘ at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on the occasion of Ram Navami.